Old-fashioned cut and paste collage

"Do you know... the giants? The silver one... and the black one.

 

"The air itself tore open in a cataclysm over the arid lands and the giants fell through. The foreign lands phased the silver one, but they say the black one was prepared, for they took battle right away. They were not satisfied and they would fight to the end.

 

"They fought through the night. They were large and powerful, destroying the grounds in the wake of their battle. Their might echoed across Maanos.

 

"...But every battle comes to an end. The black one won at sunrise, but in an act of mercy forgave his opponent. The titans reconciled... and vanished.

 

"Their fate unknown, they marked the rise of the ones in the shadows. Unheard of, forgotten, solitary. Entities rose far and wide, each seeking their own ends.

 

"The mad scavenger of the keep: The Leech.

 

"Cultists dedicated to the realms of the mind: The Dreamers.

 

"...And the reclusive warriors of the Sanctum: The Divided.

 

"But... life was in peril. The dead were restless, the living refused to die, the inanimate wouldn't remain unmoving... And when natural order is not contained, wardens will rise..."

 

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So, Monarth is turning 7 years old today. He's been my selfmoc that long and honestly it feels special to upgrade him to new heights for the occasion.

 

He's gone through so many changes over the years. This marks as his V12, disregarding the spin-offs I've made. It is also his third version of his warden form.

 

I almost completely overhauled him for this version. Some minor elements have stayed, but his aesthetic is brand new. I'm very satisfied with the inventions I made for the build: 5-digit hands, posable mouth with teeth, etc. I'm happy that I managed to give him sturdy joints, which are very often a point where I fail.

 

Overall, I'm very happy with his build and look, and I truly wish you enjoy him =]

Ancient Akrotiri

Excavations started in 1967. A look at life in the Minoan period. Akrotiri is also called the "Minoan Pompeii" The whole area was frozen in time between 1600 and 1500 BC by a cataclysmic eruption of the island's volcano.

"Do you know... the giants? The silver one... and the black one.

 

"The air itself tore open in a cataclysm over the arid lands and the giants fell through. The foreign lands phased the silver one, but they say the black one was prepared, for they took battle right away. They were not satisfied and they would fight to the end.

 

"They fought through the night. They were large and powerful, destroying the grounds in the wake of their battle. Their might echoed across Maanos.

 

"...But every battle comes to an end. The black one won at sunrise, but in an act of mercy forgave his opponent. The titans reconciled... and vanished.

 

"Their fate unknown, they marked the rise of the ones in the shadows. Unheard of, forgotten, solitary. Entities rose far and wide, each seeking their own ends.

 

"The mad scavenger of the keep: The Leech.

 

"Cultists dedicated to the realms of the mind: The Dreamers.

 

"...And the reclusive warriors of the Sanctum: The Divided.

 

"But... life was in peril. The dead were restless, the living refused to die, the inanimate wouldn't remain unmoving... And when natural order is not contained, wardens will rise..."

 

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So, Monarth is turning 7 years old today. He's been my selfmoc that long and honestly it feels special to upgrade him to new heights for the occasion.

 

He's gone through so many changes over the years. This marks as his V12, disregarding the spin-offs I've made. It is also his third version of his warden form.

 

I almost completely overhauled him for this version. Some minor elements have stayed, but his aesthetic is brand new. I'm very satisfied with the inventions I made for the build: 5-digit hands, posable mouth with teeth, etc. I'm happy that I managed to give him sturdy joints, which are very often a point where I fail.

 

Overall, I'm very happy with his build and look, and I truly wish you enjoy him =]

Picture the scene: two gigantic black holes, each one a good fraction of the size of our Solar System spiralling around each other. Closer and closer they draw until they touch and merge into a single, even more gigantic gravitational prison.

 

But what would you actually see? For such a cataclysmic event, it might all take place with remarkable stealth because black holes by their very nature emit no light at all. Rather than light, it would be a different story if our eyes could see gravitational waves.

 

This is what the merger of two black holes would look like. It is a computer simulation of the gravitational waves that would ripple away from the titanic collision, a bit like the ripples on a pond when a pebble drops into the water.

 

In the case of gravitational waves, the disturbances are not in water but in the spacetime continuum. This is the mathematical ‘fabric' of space and time that Albert Einstein used to explain gravity.

 

Gravitational radiation has been indirectly observed but never seen directly. Its detection would open a whole new way of studying the Universe. As a result, astronomers are working on both ground-based and space-based detectors. And it is a real challenge.

 

Gravitational radiation is incredibly difficult to measure. The ripples cause atoms to ‘bob’ about to just 1 part in 1000 000 000 000 000 000 000. Building a detector to notice this is like measuring the distance from Earth to the Sun to the accuracy of the size of a hydrogen atom.

 

Following decades of technology development and experiments, detectors on the ground are nearing the required sensitivity. The first detections are expected in the next few years. But these detectors can see only half of the picture. The mass of the colliding black holes determines the frequency of the gravitational radiation.

 

The merger of small black holes, each about a few times the mass of the Sun, will create high-frequency gravitational waves that could be seen from the ground. But the giant black holes that sit at the heart of galaxies with masses of a million times that of the Sun will generate gravitational waves of much lower frequency. These cannot be detected with ground-based systems because seismic interference and other noise will overwhelm the signals. Hence, spaceborne observatories are needed.

 

ESA has selected the gravitational Universe as the focus for the third large mission in the Cosmic Vision plan, with a launch date of around 2034.

 

Unlocking the gravitational Universe will require a highly ambitious mission. In preparation, ESA will launch LISA-Pathfinder this November to test some of the essential technologies needed to build confidence in future spaceborne gravitational wave observatories.

 

This image is from a simulation of two black holes merging and the resulting emission of gravitational radiation, published by NASA in 2012.

 

Credit: NASA/C. Henze

Feel the heat, feel the burn, feel your world breaking into millions of tiny pieces.

    

Set: Greyhound: Cataclysm

- What has never been born, you can also die ........

 

-Lo que nunca ha nacido, tambien puede morir......

"Do you know... the giants? The silver one... and the black one.

 

"The air itself tore open in a cataclysm over the arid lands and the giants fell through. The foreign lands phased the silver one, but they say the black one was prepared, for they took battle right away. They were not satisfied and they would fight to the end.

 

"They fought through the night. They were large and powerful, destroying the grounds in the wake of their battle. Their might echoed across Maanos.

 

"...But every battle comes to an end. The black one won at sunrise, but in an act of mercy forgave his opponent. The titans reconciled... and vanished.

 

"Their fate unknown, they marked the rise of the ones in the shadows. Unheard of, forgotten, solitary. Entities rose far and wide, each seeking their own ends.

 

"The mad scavenger of the keep: The Leech.

 

"Cultists dedicated to the realms of the mind: The Dreamers.

 

"...And the reclusive warriors of the Sanctum: The Divided.

 

"But... life was in peril. The dead were restless, the living refused to die, the inanimate wouldn't remain unmoving... And when natural order is not contained, wardens will rise..."

 

--------------------------------------

 

So, Monarth is turning 7 years old today. He's been my selfmoc that long and honestly it feels special to upgrade him to new heights for the occasion.

 

He's gone through so many changes over the years. This marks as his V12, disregarding the spin-offs I've made. It is also his third version of his warden form.

 

I almost completely overhauled him for this version. Some minor elements have stayed, but his aesthetic is brand new. I'm very satisfied with the inventions I made for the build: 5-digit hands, posable mouth with teeth, etc. I'm happy that I managed to give him sturdy joints, which are very often a point where I fail.

 

Overall, I'm very happy with his build and look, and I truly wish you enjoy him =]

Un shooting steampunk exceptionnel avec l'une des dernières Pacific 231 de France .

 

Organisation : www.facebook.com/Feelingimages76/ et www.facebook.com/lady.cataclysm/

  

Photographe: www.facebook.com/BrunoMartinphotography/

 

Modèle: www.facebook.com/AnneBlavatsky/

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A horrible cataclysm breaks the tearful ground and the river rushes through the new bed; Through the walls of luminous granite itarare, fearful and violent.

 

Suddenly he stops to take a breath, here in the dark cave, in the shady silence; But soon he jumps on, rude and noisy, to disappear beyond, elusive and silent.

 

In the afternoon, the swallows, in wild revolts, threw themselves at the grottoes, the arrows of which were fired, seeking the solitude of spontaneous exile.

 

And the mystery of the river remains inviolable ...

Nothing escapes from within the unfathomable abyss.

Only the swallows know ... but keep it a secret.

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Between us lies a vast divide

I'm tryna find a direction

But can you bridge the other side?

What lies behind this reflection

 

When you're carryin' baggage, you need your balance

I lost track of these cataclysms, who's even countin'?

There ain't a trace of any civilization

Reshapin' the face of the planet and what's left of our nation

I've been assigned as a courier for the end of the world

No explanation yet but there's plenty that's left to unfurl

Because the burdensome baggage I have will get me around

And if I drop the mission, I'll let everyone down

Death is draggin' me down, I try to loosen its grip

Feel like I'm losin' my grip, and I might actually drown

My cargo's precious, our destination's yet to be found

I follow the footprints of the dead which have been left in the ground

Now you know why I look like I saw a ghost

'Cause when it comes to demons, trust me, I got the most

When I washed up on the shore I awoke to their chorus

Then I walked the bridge across an ocean of corpses

 

Death is just one step below the surface

And I'm lookin' up from the bottom

Blessed are those who've come to know their purpose

Into the depths you'll be swallowed

 

Whatever's left of this shattered planet is fragile

Feels like all that we're rebuilding are sand castles

And with high tide on the rise, I'm already holding my breath

So many of us stand divided, left stranded by death

Maybe the grass is gonna be greener on the other side

If we can make it to Eden, we'll see garden thrive

Don't be afraid to brave a little bit of inclement weather

I'm still a cynic but I can dream of things getting better

Now get connected through a network which we're yet to understand

Supernatural phenomena's common, now it's on-command

Upon the next blackout I'll look back into the void

See if it can be reason with or even destroyed

I felt the rain on my face and I tasted the poison

There's a global flood comin', hold onto something that's buoyant

Humanity practically reset back to Adam and Eve

Except the next generation is just depending on me

 

Death is just one step below the surface

And I'm lookin' up from the bottom

Blessed are those who've come to know their purpose

Into the depths you'll be swallowed

 

Everyone has a shadow

From which they try to hide

So when you fall from the gallows

You'll finally find your chiral side

 

Death is just one step below the surface

And I'm lookin' up from the bottom

Blessed are those who've come to know their purpose

Into the depths you'll be swallowed

MicroWorld #19. The adventure continues.

 

Within a picosecond their visors had reacted,protecting them from the blinding flash as the nearest of the suns exploded in a cataclysmic outburst of energy. Already the neutrinos had passed both through them and the planet and were now well on their way deep into the MicroWorld planetary system. But it was the high energy x-rays and gamma rays now heading towards them that concerned them most. They estimated that they had twenty minutes left to reach the craft; their only hope of safety now was being inside with the force shields deployed.

 

Their faithful craft shone like a beacon,reflecting the light from the death throes of the sun, as it beckoned them across the rocky terrain. The ship had been their companion on all their adventures as they faced, and overcame, many perils together. It, like them, was now getting old and although sturdy it did not have the sophistications of the newer vessels in the fleet. It had protected them before but now its most demanding challenge was but minutes away.

 

They began to sweat as the cooling coils in their suits began to fail. The ambient temperature was now rising fast and the physical effort in trying to hurry was beginning to take its toll. Their visors began to mist up but they could still, for the moment at least, see where they were supposed to be heading. As they stumbled nearer the craft it seemed strange, it's colour was different. Their first thoughts were that the illumination from the suns had changed but, as they approached the main hatch they could see that the outer skin was etched and pitted. Although only moderate pitting was evident it was enough to change the reflectivity of the foamed silicon nitride insulation panels giving a somewhat duller appearance. The strange snow that had etched the mountains had also etched their craft!

 

They transmitted a signal to open the hatch - nothing! They tried again - still nothing! They began to sweat even more as their heart rates began to rise - they were now beginning to panic! Although they could not see them, the streams of high energy particles from the nuclear explosion that was once a sun, were now only a few minutes away. No way could they survive out in the open once these arrived. A desperate third attempt was as successful as the other two, the door remained closed. Their only chance was to manually open the bolts and locks of the emergency hatch, but these too were seized up. In desperation they struck the levers with rocks which simply shattered and disintegrated. One of them fumbled about in his rucksack and, with his geological hammer pounded at the levers. Quickly the others joined in, their hammers clanging at the metal like frenzied blacksmiths. Slowly the levers began to turn and, after some fearful moments, the first two locks gradually opened. The remaining two were easier and with all their combined efforts they managed to swing open the outer door and collapse into the air lock. The door slammed behind them with a thud accompanied by the reassuring whine of the pumps as the air pressure began to automatically equalize.

Outside, through the hatch window they could see strange things happening in the sky, but they concentrated in getting through the air lock into the relative safety of the main control room. The force shields must work first time for them - there would be no second chance!

 

To be continued...

 

For new readers, if you want to read the whole story it begins here or you can dip in anywhere into the adventure in this MicroWorld set.

 

This image is from one of my earliest photograms of the refraction patterns from a piece of glass, taken in the 1960's in b/w directly on to film

Gazipur, Bangladesh, 2009

 

Butterfly effect:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

 

(The subject here is not a butterfly though, most likely a moth).

Joel 1 :15

"Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come."

 

Those who practice witchcrafts , sorcery , Satanism , child murder sacrifice / evil blood sacrifice, astral projection etc. are pure abominations / great rebellion against the God most High. Days are coming to a close when your evil has to stop, putting destruction,

glamour and honour of dark arts , that you'll be judge unto darkness forever and ever

of torment and hopelessness , when there is no coming out of it ! The most terrible

day of the God is coming . This is a call

unto repentance and turning back away from those wicked ways . While you are

breathing and alive , there is still chance of turning back. Once God take

your life away, on moments you aren't expecting of it, that will be it for you,

sealed unto eternal damnation . Don't believe the lie of darkness, as there

isn't coming out of it once you're judge unto death !

(Deuteronomy 28:45)

 

Revelation 21:8

"But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those

who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars--their fate is in the

fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

 

Meanwhile this is on the way....

 

1 Thessalonians 5:3

"While they are saying, "Peace and safety!" then destruction

will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman

with child, and they will not escape."

  

By seeing many events taking place, and the world obviously against Israel together with the great advocacy to crash Israel, divide God's covenant land ( Daniel 9) , we know this is the timeline. Then we see Syria ravaged , whilst the Isaiah 19 speak of the total destruction of Damascus , then this should be on the way , distress of nations ( Matthew 24 ) , plagues , people's mindset just like the days of Noah , don't need to elaborate this further, just looks around --- these are all Biblical prophecies in our face. Praise God, I have woken up in 2011 and back in the Lord .

  

Praise Jesus !

 

Apart from photography, this is also for the purpose

to wake up people and listen to God's voice in your hearts.

 

2 Peter 3 :9

"The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count

slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should

perish but that all should come to repentance."

 

Romans 8:1

"There is therefore now no condemnation to

them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh,

but after the Spirit. "

  

Make sure you are saved my friends, if not --

the Lord is calling for you to open your hearts

for Him .

 

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Be hardcore believer brothers and sisters in Christ.

Don't just sit there and get attacked ! Get a lethal defensive by the

blood of Jesus !

This is brilliant message of spiritual warfare if you believe in the power of

Christ ! Make it manifest and make your faith grow , not as oppressed

believer . Chain Emails is subtle witchcraft etc. Return curses , spells back

to the sender who aims to destroy you 7 to a thousand /millions times lethal by the

power of Jesus name. Learn to exercise your authority in Jesus name !

 

*SPIRITUAL WARFARE: Understanding Your Purpose : John Gougen on OMEGA MAN RADIO

  

*The Coming 4 BlOOD MOONS TETRADS 2014- 2015 falling on Jewish Feast days

 

*Tribulation-Now Radio, 2nd June 2013 - Jesus Took Me to the Tribulation w/ Elvi Zapata

 

*A very shocking Tribulation Dream

Christian Testimony

 

*Rapture dream! Tribulation Giants?!

  

*Tribulation-Now Radio, 12th Jan 2014 - 'Aliens, Demons, Nephilim, Time Travel and God'

 

*FEMA Prepares For CATACLYSM In Puerto Rico (Efrain Rodriguez)

 

*When Judgement Comes with

Al Cuppett on Omega Man Radio

*Theory of Everything: GOD, Devils, Dimensions, Dragons, Illusion & Reality -the Theory of Everything By Trey Smith

  

Some Christian views of the 144,000 elects of God in Revelation 7 to be

in the Tribulation :

 

*Some Thoughts on the 144,000 and What's Coming

 

*The Church, Body, Bride and 144,000

 

*Word from the LORD: My Supernatural Chosen Ones * The Witnesses

 

*Word from the LORD: My End Time Army

 

*144,000 - The Elect

 

*Abstain from the mainstream media

 

*We are living in Babylon

Au début du XVIIIe siècle, la Bohême fut frappée elle aussi de sa dernière grande peste après avoir touchée l'Europe centrale. Elle entraina la disparition de plus de 25% de la population. Au lendemain de ce cataclysme, de premiers égouts primitifs furent mis en place et la ville alors indépendante de Hradčany souhaita construire un monument pour ne pas négliger le souvenir de ce malheur (et ne pas oublier que c'est en l'honneur à l'Église toujours dans un contexte de contre-réforme). Il fut décidé de le mettre à l'emplacement des camps de soin public qui étaient installer au milieu de la place.

 

Cette colonne est donc composé de la Vierge marie sous sa forme immaculée conception et est accompagné de différents saints issus de la mythologie tchèque.

 

Et pour la petite histoire, de fil en aiguille, ces colonnes furent ensuite utilisées pour commémorer les fins de guerres, puis pour y inscrire les morts au combat. Oui vous avez devant vous l'ancêtre des monuments aux morts.

 

Sources : Wikipédia colonne (Multi) && Monuments historique colonne (Multi) && Site de la galerie nationale (CZ) && Programme Art for the City sur la colonne (CZ) && Wikipédia liste des pestes en Bohême (CZ) && Wikipédia colonnes et croix de peste (Multi)

Here in the heart of the Rhinogydd lies the beating heart, both scenically and geologically, of Snowdonia. These rocks, laid down before the cataclysmic volcanic events that formed the bigger, more famous hills and mountains of this part of North Wales, are made of an ancient gritstone created as life exploded in the oceans. This forms the bedrock, the bare bones of Snowdonia. Aeons of erosion have worn these mountains to their lowly height, but not the mystery and beauty of them.

The glaciers of the last ice age that gouged the valleys, the slabs, mountains sides and lakes of this fascinating area seem to have only departed in a blink of an eye, and left us a primeval landscape of stark beauty and uncompromising terrain.

doesn´t it look a bit like the reality is being ruptured by some natural space-time cataclysm breaking down or urban space-time in to natural fractals?

 

Enough about that pic, taken in Malmoe, SE, Where I live right now!

 

Today I am so tired, so my word count when writing is around 5 words a min. another bad night sleep, well soon I will start venturing in to the real world again, I am not certain I am up to it, well, I will have to take it in small steps, first just down the local second hand shop, then perhaps even to the city centre where this picture is taken of the hotel and building known as the "Sheraton building" by locals after the first hotel chain to own it...

 

hopefully I will have a good night sleep tonight, was quite some time ago...

 

Peace and Noise!

 

/ MushroomBrain the visual observer

   

cataclysmic

--

No Group Banners, thanks.

"Do you know... the giants? The silver one... and the black one.

 

"The air itself tore open in a cataclysm over the arid lands and the giants fell through. The foreign lands phased the silver one, but they say the black one was prepared, for they took battle right away. They were not satisfied and they would fight to the end.

 

"They fought through the night. They were large and powerful, destroying the grounds in the wake of their battle. Their might echoed across Maanos.

 

"...But every battle comes to an end. The black one won at sunrise, but in an act of mercy forgave his opponent. The titans reconciled... and vanished.

 

"Their fate unknown, they marked the rise of the ones in the shadows. Unheard of, forgotten, solitary. Entities rose far and wide, each seeking their own ends.

 

"The mad scavenger of the keep: The Leech.

 

"Cultists dedicated to the realms of the mind: The Dreamers.

 

"...And the reclusive warriors of the Sanctum: The Divided.

 

"But... life was in peril. The dead were restless, the living refused to die, the inanimate wouldn't remain unmoving... And when natural order is not contained, wardens will rise..."

 

--------------------------------------

 

So, Monarth is turning 7 years old today. He's been my selfmoc that long and honestly it feels special to upgrade him to new heights for the occasion.

 

He's gone through so many changes over the years. This marks as his V12, disregarding the spin-offs I've made. It is also his third version of his warden form.

 

I almost completely overhauled him for this version. Some minor elements have stayed, but his aesthetic is brand new. I'm very satisfied with the inventions I made for the build: 5-digit hands, posable mouth with teeth, etc. I'm happy that I managed to give him sturdy joints, which are very often a point where I fail.

 

Overall, I'm very happy with his build and look, and I truly wish you enjoy him =]

Well, it's that time of year again.

 

To start us off, here's a bit of what I said about this photo from Patreon so we're all up to speed:

 

“I'll tell you right now this was very unplanned, hell, I don't even own all the correct versions of these figures to begin with! I just had a hankering to photograph something Marvel.”

 

“In fact, I've been wrestling with the idea of an Infinity War photoshoot for months now. I was keen for the film, but I wasn't REALLY pumped like some people. Bringing all these properties to a head was the most intriguing me, to say the least.”

 

“So here's this, photographed on the 19th, so it's still pretty fresh in my brain, but hey what ever, it'll just be another movie... right?”

  

...(btw here on out there are spoilers... just so you know)...

  

Well I went in hoping to have my mind blown, but assumed I'd probably leave feeling the same way I do about most Marvel films lately. “It was just okay.”

 

I really wanted to like this film! I really did!

 

And you know what?

 

HOLY HELL!

 

WHAT!?

 

This movie changed the game! It raised the bar! :D

 

Infinity War has got to be the most comic book-y feeling film yet! (It legitimately felt like a reboot cataclysm or a crisis event!)

 

The stakes felt legitimate, and it was a rather pleasant revival from the usual marvel formula. Another thing that surprised me was how well the pacing was executed. It didn’t feel long enough in terms of story. That's a weird sentiment, considering that the movie took up an eighth of my day.

 

Dr Strange was probably my favorite character in the film. Personally (outside of Thanos and Spider-Man) he felt like the most accurate character they have in the movies right now and I love it! Plus his use of magic and combat were really well thought through in terms of how both he and Wong used their abilities.

 

Another moment I really enjoyed was Tony’s Space Plan. It was really cool to see just a handful of heroes take on The Mad Titan, and almost easily take him down! Plus Dr. Strange going toe-to-toe with The Gauntlet was super cool!

 

I did have some gripes too though.

 

The Guardians pissed me off (but they always do) but I'm really glad they wrangled back ole Dick-Joke Drax because that shit wasn't funny the first time or the other four hundred times he made them in Vol.2. With the exception of Rocket/Gamora, none of those characters ever act like real people in this movie. When ever the walking-80s-reference known as Star Lord is on the screen with other characters, he's the least likable in the group. Far more childish than Spider-Man, and I found it really irritating. Tony's reactions to him were almost the same faces I was making when he was on screen.

But on the other hand, splitting up The Guardians and giving them a reason to be focused on a singular goal gave them a reason to be serious, and that was nice to see.

  

It was nice to have Alan Silvestri back on the music, because that score was fantastic! Oh and speaking of music, I'm still really hoping Rubber Band Man will be used for the Plastic Man movie one day (every time I hear that song I think of Eel O’Brian) :P

 

I suppose another thing worth mentioning was the colors! I feel like post-Raganarok, the color palettes have been abundant! Maybe that's kind of in response to DC but whatever, it was just a really pretty movie!

  

If we could talk about the writing for a second though... dude! There wasn’t any useless plot points for the characters! *cough*LastJedi*cough* Everybody had stuff to do! All these different units and locations and concepts blended well for being so scattered and diverse!

 

The film was also emotionally well established. It wasn't constantly ruined by quips via that standard Marvel formula. I enjoyed the fact that comedic characters like (Bruce/Hulk Spider-Man, Chris Pratt) were kept separate from serious characters (Dr Strange, Cap, Black Panther). None of these characters had two-sided personalities to please the masses. They were correctly interpreted and written to bounce off each other (like Iron Man reacting to Parker or Quill). There wasn’t a perpetual grey area of personalities that most of these characters typically sit in, and that was refreshing.

  

One thing I genuinely didn't expect, was a solid emotional movie around Thanos. I really thought they were gonna screw him over like they did Ultron (who really should have been just as dynamic of a character!) But in Infinity War, that’s what we got and it was great! As an audience member going to these movies for so long now, I didn't feel disrespected. I didn't pay money to see the same villain over and over again, and I'm really glad that wasn't the case!

 

For a character that was largely introduced in this film alone, Thanos was ripe with conflict and strife. HE WAS A REAL CHARACTER! WOO! :P

His motives and views of the cosmos were well portrayed, and not once did they feel evil-for-evil's-sake type situations. His ideas of Radical Extremism were... strangely relatable :P

He wasn't just a bad guy. He was a twisted Genghis Khan that just wanted to make the galaxy a better place! And once more, a credit to the writers, they stuck extremely close to the source material. Thanos was literally the Thanos I've been reading for years!

 

His own moral conflict with Gamora in particular was fascinating, and heartbreaking.

 

On a lighter note!

 

I went into this movie expecting all the action figures to meet up together to fight the bad guy. The End. Also I expected another Last Jedi where there was too many characters and sub-plots established previously that would be dropped or tossed out leading characters with nothing to do.

 

To be frank, the plot was honestly, everybody gets into some hijinks meeting each other, Thanos grabs dem gems, then were done. A simple premise but the execution was really great, and that's where it was it's strongest! The movie was about nuances, actions, and re-actions to events taking place. I liked that a lot! :)

 

However, I would have liked to see Tony and Cap meet up again, but OH WELL!

 

It's weird for me though, because I actually want to know what happens next (which normally doesn’t occur to me leaving Marvel movies) I tend to leave most of them content, but not this one! Plus the audience around me left, possibly unsatisfied...? After the credit's rolled, there was a quiet and anxiousness feeling throughout the room, with no pity clapping for sitting there the entire time. (tangent; WHY DO PEOPLE CLAP AT MOVIES IT MAKES NO SENSE THERE'S NO ONE THERE TO APPLAUD WHY ARE PEOPLE SO DUMB; okay tangent over)

 

But yeah it was odd. A quiet theater generally leaves me thinking it impacted people like say Arrival, or LOGAN, or Blade Runner 2049 as just a few examples.

  

I want to think the 10 year build up, payed off. I'm sure other people don't agree, and I have friends that concur upon that sentiment. Yes, the slow burn was fine in the long run. Not perfect certainly, but worth it (I think?)

 

I was pretty worried that this was gonna be another Star Wars (over the top too much to handle battle scenes, so many flips and quips, and action action action!) And in a way it was just that, but tied to a good story! (Thank you Jim Starlin) :P

  

Speaking of action though, Thor's dramatic entrance in Wakanda was sweet! Not as good as the Raganarok Led Zeppelin one, but still pretty solid. Now I just want 90s Thor with the ponytail going head to head against Beta Ray Bill! :P

 

Okay, now I'm just rambling so lets wrap this up!

 

Here's some final thoughts rattling around in my brain:

 

Red Skull?! (Legit thought that it was Lady Death at first based on the silhouette)

Wasn't Adam Warlock supposed to be in this...?

Ant-man and Clint... Too good for the Avengers I guess? Are they little dust piles too?!

Is Ant-man 2 pre Infinity War or post Infinity War?

I guess Peter Dinklage isn’t in the X-Men Universe anymore...?

WHAT HAPPENED TO KORG?! (I hope he's still around!)

 

Now that we've finally concluded the endless Thanos teasing... we can all stop going to see these movies now right? We're done here, no more movies? :P

Nah! Infinity War wrangled me back in, and now I kinda want to see where Marvel goes with this (crazy right?)

 

...Bums me out that DC's films aren’t this good, but I'm holding out for Aquaman! :P

 

Okay that's it, that's all I've got!

 

This took a very long time to write, but feel free to chat it up in the comments! :)

  

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Cover art for a heavy metal album.

Salut à tous,

 

192h au cœur d'un rémanent de supernova : on parle des restes d'une étoile géante, bien plus massive que notre soleil, dont la vie s'achève de manière cataclysmique en une explosion de matière dont on voit ici les restes. Cette explosion, ou plutôt effondrement, appelé supernova fait partie des évènements les plus spectaculaires de l'univers.

 

Au sein de ce rémanent de supernova (appelé SNR pour SuperNova Remanent), des structures particulières se forment à partir des gaz d'hydrogène (en rouge) et d'oxygène (en bleu), ces structures ont leur propre dénomination et cette image se concentre sur SH2-96 et SH2-94, mais il ne s'agit la que d'une fraction de ce rémanent. Pour prendre la mesure complète de cet objet, voici une image du rémanent complet réalisé par @Yann Saintyhttps://www.astrobin.com/fzzmhu/ notre champ, n'étant que la partie en haut à droite de son image !

 

Mais SH2-96-94 n'était à la base, pas la cible de ce projet, nous avions contacté @Marcel Drechsler pour lui proposer de réaliser une image du catalogue StDr, notre choix s'était porté sur StDr132 (planetarynebulae.net/EN/page_np.php?id=1009) qui se trouve pile aux coordonnées ci :

  

Voyant l'environnement dans lequel se situait cet objet, le signal de StDr au regard du signal des deux objets Sharpless nous n'avons pu résister à la tentation de le photographier ce champ à 750mm de focale avec un capteur APS-C, il nous aura fallu 4 tuiles de 32h de H et 16h de O chacune pour photographier ces deux objets SH2

 

Le champ est d'une richesse incroyable, les gaz s’entremêlent en de chaotiques filaments témoins de la puissance du phénomène qui les ont fait naître. En se promenant dans l'image en haute résolution vous apercevrez peut être quelques petites galaxies en arrière plan

 

Nous ne pouvons toutefois pas publier cette image sans mentionner de nouveau Yann qui nous aura été d'une aide précieuse pour la réalisation de celle ci : tant du point de vue des conseils pour améliorer le rendu de l'image que pour la résolution d'un problème que nous avons rencontré lors de la réalisation de celle-ci : la colorisation des étoiles. Notre couche RVB ayant eu un problème, nous avons pu utiliser celle de Yann et achever complètement ce champ ! Un grand merci à toi !

 

N'hesitez pas encore une fois à parcourir la version détaillée de l'image, de chouettes choses s'y cachent et nous avons eu à coeur de les mettre en relief ! Nous espérons que cette image vous plaira autant qu'à nous ! A très bientôt pour de nouvelles images !

 

Mickael & Julien

Northern France Remote

[FR version above / EN version below]

 

Mesdames et messieurs, les Dentelles du Cygne ! (V4 = recadrage de la V3)

 

Cette nébuleuse est le rémanent d'une supernova, une explosion cataclysmique signant la fin de vie d'une étoile et parfois le début d'une autre (les supernovæ finissent soir par l'explosion complète de l'étoile, soit par l'éjection des couches supérieures de l'étoile, le reste s'effondrant sous sa propre masse et finissant en naine blanche, étoile à neutron ou trou noir). Cette supernova a du se produire il y a environ une dizaine de milliers d'années et se trouve à 1440 années lumières. Autrement dit, si elle a explosé il y a 10000 ans exactement, votre ancêtre d'il y a 8560 ans (10000-1440) en est encore à tailler des pointes de flèche en silex un peu moches (mésolithique) tandis qu'en Chine ils sont au néolithique. A la même époque, la mer monte, passant d'un niveau de -15m à -3m (par rapport au niveau actuel) et la Manche se forme. Bref, à ce moment là, dégustant un des derniers mammouths au coin du feu, il assiste à un formidable spectacle céleste, éblouissant, même en pleine nuit : la supernova dont on observe les traces maintenant.

Les astronomes qui aiment bien découper les objets célestes en petits bouts, principalement pour distinguer les parties bien visibles des extensions faiblement lumineuses, distinguent la grande dentelle, la plus lumineuse à gauche, et la petite dentelle, à droite. Oui, je sais, c'est paradoxal car la grande dentelle est la plus petite sur l'image et la petite est la plus grande ; une histoire de luminosité probablement ... La grande dentelle est composée de NGC 6992 (la partie la plus brillante) et de NGC 6995 (la partie qui rebique), ainsi qu'IC 1340, les extensions faiblement lumineuses de la petite dentelle. La petite dentelle est composée de NGC 6990 (quasiment toute la petite dentelle) et de 2 petites parties en haut, NGC 6979 et NGC 6974. Les Dentelles du Cygne ne sont pas visible à l'œil nu et à peine aux jumelles avec un très bon ciel si vous savez où les chercher (je l'ai fait le soir même et c'est parce que je savais quoi chercher que je les ai identifiées aux jumelles, sinon c'est vraiment difficile), mais la petite dentelle est collée à une étoile visible (magnitude 4.2) par un très bon ciel, 52 cygni (la 52ème étoile de la constellation du cygne), ce qui permet en se servant également de l'étoile Aljanah (epsilon cygni), une étoile très brillante, de localiser la nébuleuse, de pointer dessus (ce que j'ai fait avec un viseur point rouge sur mon appareil photo) et de cadrer la photo.

 

Bon, parlons techno maintenant. Pour cette reprise de mes sessions astro, j'y suis allé tranquille ; j'ai fonctionné à l'objectif seulement ; pas de télescope. Donc, ce sont 416 photos de 45 secondes de pose unitaire (espacées de 5 secondes), iso 800, prises au Canon 1200D DP-Photomax + objectif Samyang 135 mm f/2 ouvert à f/2.8 (très ouvert donc, ce qui me vaut un léger halo sur les étoiles non centrées, les brillantes principalement), prises entre 22h34 (samedi 30/07/22) et 4h09 (dimanche 31 donc), que j'ai triées pour ne conserver que les 315 meilleures, cumulant ainsi 3h56 de signal. Le suivi était assuré par une monture Star Adventurer 2i.

Tout le pré-traitement jusqu'à l'empilement des images a été fait sous Siril 1.3 en utilisant 35/35/35 DOF.

Pour le post-traitement, la photo a subit une réduction d'étoiles. J'ai commencé par faire une starless (virer les étoiles) en utilisant StarNet V2. J'ai ensuite fait tout le reste sous Gimp : masque d'étoiles, recombinaison des images neubuleuse seule + étoiles seules, travail sur le niveau de noir / balance des blancs, ... Cette version est un retraitement complet + crop.

 

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Cygnus loop ! (V4 = crop of V3)

 

This nebula is the remnant of a supernova, a cataclysmic explosion that ends a star's life and sometimes sounds the birth of another one. Supernovae indeed end either with the complete explosion of the star, or with the ejection of the layers of the star, the remains collapsing under their own mass and ending up as a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole.

This supernova must have occurred about ten thousand years ago and is located 1440 light years away. In other words, if it exploded exactly 10,000 years ago, your ancestor from 8,560 years ago (10,000-1440) was carving ugly flint arrowheads (Mesolithic) while in China Neolithic yet started. At the same time, the seas were rising, going from a level of -15m to -3m (compared to the current level) and the Channel formed. At that moment, tasting one of the last mammoths by the fireside, your ancestor witnessed a formidable celestial spectacle, dazzling, even in the middle of the night: the supernova whose traces we now observe.

Astronomers who often cut celestial objects into small pieces, distinguish the bright visible parts from the weakly luminous extensions. The brightest part on the left is called the Western veil, and the weaker part, on the right, is called the Eastern veil. The Eastern veil is composed of NGC 6992 (the brightest part of the Eastern veil) and NGC 6995 (the part that bends), as well as IC 1340, the weakly luminous extensions of the Eastern veil. The Western veil is composed of NGC 6990 (almost all the western part of the nebula) and 2 small parts at the top, NGC 6979 and NGC 6974. The Cygnus loop is not visible to the naked eye and barely to binoculars with a very good skies ... if you know where the nebula stays of course. The Western veil is stuck to a star that can be observed under good skies (magnitude 4.2), 52 cygni (the 52nd star of Cygnus constellation). If you also locate the star Aljanah (epsilon cygni), a very bright star, you will be able to locate the nebula that stands between the two.

 

Let's talk tech now. I took 416 photos of 45 seconds of exposure (5 seconds between each), iso 800, taken with a Canon 1200D filter partially removed + Samyang 135 mm f/2 lens opened to f/2.8 (very open, therefore, which produced a slight halo on the non-centered stars, mainly the bright ones). Photos were taken between 10:34 p.m. (Saturday 07/30/22) and 4:09 a.m. (Sunday 31 therefore). I kept only the best 315 ones, thus accumulating 3:56 signal. Tracking was provided by a Star Adventurer 2i mount.

All pre-processing up to image stacking was done in Siril 1.3 using 35/35/35 DOF.

For post-processing, the photo underwent star reduction. I started by doing a starless (turning the stars) using StarNet V2. Post-treatment was done with Gimp: star mask, recombination of nebula images only + stars alone, ...

This version is a new treatment from scratch from original data + crop.

Eruption 2015

 

Piton de la Fournaise (French: [pitɔ̃ də la fuʁnɛz]; English: "Peak of the Furnace") is a shield volcano on the eastern side of Réunion island (a French overseas department and region) in the Indian Ocean. It is currently one of the most active volcanoes in the world, along with Kīlauea in the Hawaiian Islands, Stromboli and Etna in Italy and Mount Erebus in Antarctica. A previous eruption began in August 2006 and ended in January 2007. The volcano erupted again in February 2007, on 21 September 2008, on 9 December 2010, which lasted for two days, and on 1 August 2015. The most recent eruption began on 2 July 2023. The volcano is located within Réunion National Park, a World Heritage Site.

 

Residents of Réunion sometimes refer to Piton de la Fournaise simply as le Volcan ("the Volcano"). It is a major tourist attraction on Réunion island.

 

Geology

 

The uppermost section of the volcano is occupied by the Enclos Fouqué, a caldera 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide. High cliffs, known as remparts in French, form the caldera's rim. The caldera is breached to the southeast towards the sea. The eastern flank of the volcano is unstable and is in the initial stages of failure. It will eventually collapse into the Indian Ocean and if it is a cataclysmic debris avalanche, it will generate a megatsunami. There is evidence of earlier failures on the submerged flanks and surrounding abyssal plain. The lower slopes are known as the Grand Brûlé ("Great Burn"). Most volcanic eruptions are confined to the caldera.

 

Inside the caldera is a 400 metres (1,300 ft) high lava shield named Dolomieu. At the top of this lava shield are Bory Crater (Cratère Bory) and Dolomieu Crater (Cratère Dolomieu), which is by far the wider of the two and named for French geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu.

 

Many craters and spatter cones can be found inside the caldera and on the higher flanks of the volcano. Lavas with high concentrations of iridium are routinely ejected through these vents. By the trailhead of the summit path there lies a small noteworthy crater called Formica Leo, named for its resemblance to the sand pit trap of an antlion.

 

Located outside of the main caldera is Commerson Crater, an inactive caldera notable for receiving intense rainfall, particularly during tropical storms. During Cyclone Hyacinthe in January 1980, it received 6,433 millimetres (253.3 in) of rainfall in 15 days, the most precipitation produced by a tropical cyclone in a single location.

 

Some beaches in the proximity of the volcano are greenish in color, due to olivine sand derived from picrite basalt lavas. The Grand Brûlé is formed from solidified lava flows accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years; the most recent ones are often the darkest and most vegetation-free, while older ones can be covered by dense natural vegetation.

 

This volcano is over 530,000 years old, and for most of its history, its flows have intermingled with those from Piton des Neiges, a larger, older and heavily eroded inactive volcano which forms the northwest two-thirds of Réunion Island. There were three episodes of caldera collapses 250,000, 65,000 and 5,000 years ago. The volcano was formed by the Réunion hotspot, which is believed to have been active for the past 66 million years. There is evidence for explosive eruptions in the past. One explosive eruption about 4,700 years ago may have had a VEI (Volcanic Explosivity Index) of 5, which is the same as the 18 May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

 

Eruptions

 

Most eruptions of Piton de la Fournaise are of the Hawaiian style: fluid basaltic lava flowing out with fire fountaining at the vent. Occasionally, phreatic eruptions (groundwater steam-generated eruptions) occur. Lava flows crossing the Grand Brûlé occasionally reach the sea. Piton de la Fournaise is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, with more than 150 recorded eruptions since the 17th century.

 

Eruptions within the caldera do not cause much devastation, because the caldera is uninhabited, but little infrastructure exists apart from the highway. Lava flows are generally confined to the caldera. However, lava flows have been known to cross the N2 highway; areas where the road was destroyed by the eruption are signposted with the year of eruption after the road is rebuilt. In the early 2000s, the highway was destroyed one or more times a year; road engineering services then wait for the lava to cool off and build another stretch of road. For months after an eruption, the core of the lava flows can still be hot enough to steam in rainy weather.

 

Eruptions outside of the caldera can pose serious hazards to the population, but are rare. Only six eruptions outside of the caldera have been recorded, most recently in 1986. The village of Piton-Sainte-Rose was evacuated in 1977 before it was inundated by a lava flow which destroyed several buildings. The lava flow crossed the highway and surrounded the local church, entered the front door, then stopped without destroying the building. The front entrance was later cleared out, and the church was brought back into service under the name of Notre-Dame des Laves ("Our Lady of the Lavas").

 

In April 2007, the volcano erupted and produced an estimated 3,000,000 cubic metres of lava per day. During this eruption of 2007 an incremental caldera collapse of Dolomieu occurred at the volcano over more than nine days. The collapse displacing 0.8 x 1.1 km floor downward by 330 m, with a volume of 120 million cubic metres. The caldera collapse accompanied one of the largest eruptions of lava at the volcano in the past 100 years.

 

An eruption began on 2 July 2023 at 8:30 a.m. local time.

 

Monitoring

 

Volcanic activity is constantly monitored by geophysical sensors (tiltmeters, extensometers, differential GPS receivers, etc.). The data from those various sensors is sent to the Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Observatory, located in Bourg-Murat, northwest of the volcano. The observatory, founded in 1978 following the Piton-Sainte-Rose flow, is operated by the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (Global Geophysics Institute of Paris), in association with CNRS and the University of Réunion. The OVPF often publishes reports on Piton de la Fournaise's current activity via their website in French. RIGIC (the Réunion Island Geological Information Center) takes this information and translates it into English for distribution to the English-speaking scientific community.

 

Procedures specify several levels of alert, which are decided by the prefect of Réunion on the basis of scientific reports:

 

Pre-alert: Warnings about possible eruptions; hikers accessing the caldera are warned about possible developments.

Level 1: An eruption will occur soon; the public may not access the caldera until specialists have examined the situation and set pathways for those willing to admire the eruption.

Level 2: An eruption is occurring inside the caldera. Access to the caldera is restricted to authorized personnel only.

Level 3: An eruption is occurring or will occur soon outside of the caldera; some villages may have to be evacuated for safety.

 

Access

 

A forestry road followed by a track connects the highway of the plains in Bourg-Murat to the Pas de Bellecombe (Bellecombe Pass), where a parking lot and a snack bar are located. The Pas de Bellecombe is situated over the caldera rim cliffs and offers a view over the northeast part of the caldera. A stairway path descends from the pass to the caldera floor. This path is closed for safety reasons during seismic events that may precede eruptions and during eruptions. White paint marks over rocks delimit a number of footpaths ascending the lava shield inside the caldera.

 

The lower parts of the Grand Brûlé can be visited from the N2 highway. Lava flows that have crossed the road are indicated by signs. Completely free access during eruptions was permitted until 1998; access has been limited since that date, being virtually banned at present.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Der Piton de la Fournaise ist ein 2632 m hoher Vulkan auf dem französischen Übersee-Département La Réunion. Er ist vor 380.000 Jahren an der Südseite des Piton des Neiges entstanden und ist einer der aktivsten Vulkane der Erde. Seit 1950 wurden 47 Eruptionen registriert, seit 1640 finden sich Hinweise auf fast 180 Ausbrüche.

 

Charakteristik

 

Der Vulkan ist der letzte aktive Vulkan auf La Réunion, es gibt immer wieder kleinere Eruptionen, die jedoch relativ ungefährlich sind. Dabei tritt ähnlich wie bei den Vulkanen auf Hawaii dünnflüssige Lava aus und bahnt sich ihren Weg Richtung Meer, größere Gas-Explosionen gibt es dabei nicht. Im Gegensatz zu Vulkanen wie dem Mount St. Helens oder dem Vesuv mit ihren plötzlichen und unkalkulierbaren Ausbrüchen sind die Eruptionen am Piton de la Fournaise recht vorhersehbar und daher relativ ungefährlich.

 

Zwar wird bei den Ausbrüchen des Öfteren die Küstenstraße beschädigt, gleichzeitig zieht das Schauspiel der Ausbrüche, das in jedem Jahr stattfindet, Schaulustige unter dem Slogan: « volcan la pété » („der Vulkan furzt“) von der ganzen Insel an.

 

Nordöstlich am Fuße des Berges steht im Ortsteil Piton Sainte-Rose die Kirche der Gemeinde Sainte-Rose, die im April 1977 fast von einem Lavastrom zerstört wurde. Die Lava drang durch das Portal in die Kirche ein, der Lavastrom kam aber im Kirchenschiff zum Stehen. Seither heißt die Kirche Notre-Dame-des-Laves.

 

Geschichte

 

Die erste Besteigung, von der schriftliche Aufzeichnungen vorhanden sind, wurde am 21. September 1751 von Andoche Dolnet de Palmaroux vorgenommen.

 

Eine andere Expedition im Oktober 1768 führte zur Entdeckung des Passes Pas de Bellecombe, welcher nach dem damaligen Gouverneur benannt wurde, welcher persönlich an der Besteigung teilnahm, jedoch umkehrte, bevor der Pass gefunden wurde.

 

Die ersten Expeditionen mit wissenschaftlichem Charakter wurden 1771 und 1772 von dem französischen Botaniker Philibert Commerson in Begleitung vom Chevalier de Saint Lubin, de Crémont und Jean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy durchgeführt.

 

Seit Beginn der ersten Beobachtungen im Jahre 1640 wurden fast 180 Ausbrüche beschrieben. Systematisch erfolgt dies erst seit Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts, seit 1950 kam es zu fast 50 Ausbrüchen.

 

Jüngere Eruptionen

 

Ein Ausbruch am 2. April 2007 war so gewaltig, dass der Hauptkrater des Vulkans eingebrochen ist. Der Boden des 1000 Meter langen und 500 Meter breiten Kraters sank um 300 Meter.

 

Am 6. November 2009 gab es erneut eine kleine Eruption, die allerdings nur wenige Stunden anhielt. Trotzdem bleibt der innere Teil des Kraters für Besucher gesperrt.

 

Am 14. Oktober 2010 brach der Vulkan gegen 19:00 Uhr an einem Nebenkrater im Bereich Château Fort südöstlich des Hauptkraters aus. Die Eruptionen endeten am 31. Oktober 2010.

 

Am Abend des 9. Dezember 2010 kam es zum dritten Mal im laufenden Jahr 2010 zu einem Ausbruch, diesmal an der nordöstlichen Flanke des Hauptkraters Dolomieu.

 

Eine weitere Eruption begann am 21. Juni 2014 um 1:35 Uhr. Bereits seit dem 10. Juni hatte das Überwachungsnetz des Vulkanologischen Observatoriums Piton de la Fournaise (OVPF) eine erhöhte seismische Aktivität gemessen. Ab dem 21. Juni, 0:20 Uhr wurden vier bis fünf Erdstöße pro Minute registriert, die der eigentlichen Eruption von dünnflüssiger Lava vorausgingen. Der Ausbruch ereignete sich in der Nähe des Gipfels auf etwa 2300 m Höhe an der Ostsüdostflanke des Vulkans.

 

Das Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise (OVPDLF) berichtete, dass am 4. Februar 2015 erste Tremors (vulkanische Beben) gemessen wurden, die auf ein Aufsteigen von Magma im Innern des Vulkans hindeuteten. Das Ausbruchszentrum lag etwa 100 m westlich des Kraters Bory Crater. Die Aktivitäten endeten am 15. Februar gegen 22.30 Uhr. Ein weiterer Ausbruch begann am 17. Mai 2015 um 13.45 Uhr und dauert bis Ende Mai an. Am 31. Juli 2015, 9.20 Uhr (Ortszeit) brach der Vulkan erneut aus, nachdem sich in den Tagen zuvor die Eruption durch Erdbeben (Tremor) und durch einen Anstieg der Gaskonzentration angekündigt hatte. Die Eruption endete am 2. August, 11.15 Uhr (Ortszeit).

 

Im Jahr 2015 ereigneten sich vier Ausbrüche, in den Jahren 2016 und 2017 je drei.

 

Am 11. September 2016 um 08:41 Uhr Ortszeit öffnete sich ein Spalt nordwestlich des Hauptkraters. Lava stieß in Form von Fontänen aus und floss nordwärts ab. Die Eruption erlosch am 18. September 2016 um 04:18 Uhr.

 

Eine weitere Eruption begann am 31. Januar 2017 um 19:40 Uhr Ortszeit auf der Südflanke des Vulkans. Anfang Februar 2017 wurde zwischen 5 und 10 m3/s Lava gefördert. Die Länge der Eruptionsspalte betrug 128 m. Eine Serie von Eruptionen dauerte vom 14. Juli bis zum 28. August 2017.

 

Im Jahr 2018 gab es mehrere Ausbrüche an der Nordflanke, einer am 13. Juli 2018, welcher sowohl den normalen Wanderweg zum Gipfel wie auch eine Lavaformation, genannt Chapelle de Rosemeont, teilweise zerstörte.

 

Im Jahr 2019 brach der Vulkan fünfmal aus: am 19. Februar bis 10. März, am 11. bis 13. Juni, am 29. Juli, am 11. bis 15. August sowie am 25. bis 27. Oktober 2019.

 

Die vorletzte Ausbruch und somit erste Ausbruch im Jahre 2021 fand am 9. April 2021 und endete am 24. Mai 2021. Der dabei entstandene Vulkankegel wurde auf den Namen „Piton Guy Valcourt PICARD“ getauft.

 

(Wikipedia)

I've seen many, so many over such a short period of time that it can almost be considered an overkill. I've been fat, skinny, distorted, confident, heartbroken,confused, overjoyed, hopeful,hapless,arrogant, mischievous, wannabe, the adjectives go on and on and zzzz...

 

Gah, where are the "সুখের পায়রা" when you need them?

 

Oh, right there they are...over the river Turag. Well good luck with the 80 mph wind, fools!

 

Location: Sluice Gate over Mirpur-Ashulia Road.

Sky: Angry, very.

Method: Self(ie)- IR Remote fired-Tripod mounted,Slightly tilted,Center composed.

 

On Black, পিলিজ my good mates

 

There are moments in science when the universe, as we know it, shifts beneath our feet—not with a cataclysm, but with the quiet stroke of a pencil, the alignment of data, the careful demolition of an old idea. Mike Brown has lived in those moments, his mind tuned to the faint whispers of the outer solar system, listening for planets that may—or may not—be there.

 

He stands at the blackboard, sleeves rolled up, chalk in hand, an orbital map unfurling behind him like the skeletal remains of a great celestial beast. The paths of distant worlds arc across the dark slate, bending under the invisible tug of something immense. It is a diagram of a mystery: the search for Planet 9, a ghostly world lurking at the farthest reaches of our solar system, its presence inferred only from the improbable, synchronized waltz of frozen bodies in the Kuiper Belt.

But before there was Planet 9, there was Pluto.

 

It was 2005, and Brown had just discovered Eris, a world at the edge of our solar system that rivaled Pluto in size, a celestial twin that upended everything. If Pluto was a planet, then Eris should be too. And if Eris was not a planet, then perhaps Pluto wasn’t either. The debate was ferocious—astronomers, schoolchildren, and late-night comedians all weighed in—but the evidence was unyielding. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union redefined what it meant to be a planet. Pluto, once the ninth planet, was demoted to a mere “dwarf planet.”

 

Brown took the heat. His email inbox filled with fury. Grade-schoolers sent him hate mail. His own daughter, barely old enough to speak, turned on him: “Daddy, I want Pluto to be a planet.” The world called him the “Pluto Killer.” But science, in the end, does not bend to sentiment.

 

Yet Brown, the man who took a planet away, was determined to find a new one.

 

In the years that followed, he and his team turned their eyes to the data, noticing a strange clustering of distant objects beyond Neptune. Something—something massive—was shepherding them into unnatural alignment. There was only one explanation: a hidden planet, lurking in the darkness, at least ten times the mass of Earth.

Planet 9.

 

It has yet to be seen, yet to be confirmed, but Brown is undeterred. He has spent a career rewriting the solar system, casting light into the void. If Planet 9 is out there, he will find it. And if it isn’t? Well, that, too, is an answer.

Brown’s office at Caltech is filled with books and data, images of the icy worlds he has named, reclassified, discovered, or doomed. His Twitter handle, still proudly defiant, is @PlutoKiller.

But when you ask him about his work, about the universe as he sees it, his eyes lift—not with the look of a man who has taken a planet away, but with the quiet, unwavering curiosity of a man who is still searching for the next one.

 

En ce jour, j' ai une pensée pour Isabelle, et sa famille en Haiti.

Pensées aussi à ce peuple meurtrit, par ce terrible cataclisme.

 

** L' Homme ne sera jamais rien face à la puissance de la Nature **

 

On this day, I have a thought for Isabelle and her family in Haiti.

Thoughts as to what people bruised by this terrible cataclysm.

 

** The Man will never face the power of Nature **

 

Domi

  

In a time immemorable, there was peace throughout the World. A glorious Coalition of Planets existed between the Tarsin Kingdoms that ruled it. They possessed sorcery beyond our understanding, for surely it was they that first bended space to open rifts into the Ether and forged living worlds from cold rocks... but this is not that time- this is much later.

— Entarî, the Constructor; counseling a Zaian youth; date unknown.

  

Ships of Old- holy artifacts that echo back to a time immemorable, a time before the great cataclysm. Yet, for they may also be an eternal tomb, dooming their unfortunate crew for a life of horror in the Etherreal Realm. How many trapped souls are lost to us? How many more have been taken by demon constructs for their nihilistic torments? For it is written, 'The Dead are not All that Sleep.'

While there are many of these ships of the Old Coalition in our fleets this day, they are still few in number; a rare sight indeed. This ship is no exception, rather, it is exceedingly grand amongst an armada of lesser ships, like unto a most glorious drop of anointed oil in a lake of holy water. Let me retell you the story of its making...

 

"There was once one man who sought to unite all the Tarsin Kingdoms of Old under his rule. He requested that the senate meet him at a building that we today call the Gates, where he revealed that he was a god of the pantheon in the guise of a mortal, come to retire the senate for the had determined that the World was finally worthy. The senate, however, denounced him and exiled him from Tarsis, homeworld and birthplace of civilization.

"In his spite, he rallied the allegiance of many Highlander Lords and constructed a glorious ship to herald his coming. As his brotherhood grew in strength, it is said that he too grew in strength, for their faith bridged the material realm to that of the Gods'.

"One morning, on a choice day when the stars of the World had aligned, he assembled his followers within the grand colonnade of his ship, where made yet another vow that he would one day rule them in his glory. He harkened to eight of his most skilled and loyal followers where he began his ritual coronation- it is said he then opened a rift into the ether in the space above them using only his hands, where he declared that upon the sacrifice of eight of the most choice newborn children from each of his eight followers' kin, his immortality in the material realm would be cemented and that the souls of the children would later return as crystalline demigods to serve as his eternal Auctor-guard.

"And it was this night that he imbued his hammer with the keys of divinity and was given the name Lightning King for he possessed dominion over the people. This is why there are some who, even to this day, call the Emperor by this name for they say he is his reincarnation, forever watching over the mortal systems."

 

Or so the texts read. There are other texts within the Archive that depict the Lightning King as a tyrant that meddled in dark sorceries. No matter the case, when I discovered the Azer ôv-Âlôvaikôr miraculously and spontaneously emerging from the ether as many Old Ships do, I knew at once it had to be reclaimed. Against the wishes of the Chancellor, who believed the ship should be brought to the Archival space dock to be studied, I petitioned the Emperor himself to travel with it and serve as a legate, so the warriors who take up this holy mission might see how truly sanctioned they are. Since that day, the whispers I hear from this ship have not ceased.

  

"If only he knew the demonic bond he has thrown himself into. This one I cannot stop."

— Entarî, the Constructor; a message sent to the Archive; 2284, three months prior to Earth's retake of Murs-Sonctarom, where Azithîr died at the hands of UNE's 'Feta Squad.'

This serene spiral galaxy hides a cataclysmic past. The galaxy IC 758, shown in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, is situated 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

 

Hubble captured this image in 2023. IC 758 appears peaceful, with its soft blue spiral arms curving gently around its hazy barred center. However, in 1999, astronomers spotted a powerful explosion in this galaxy. The supernova SN 1999bg marked the dramatic end of a star far more massive than the Sun.

 

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14 Then I will make their waters clear,

and cause their rivers to run like oil,

declares the Lord GOD.

 

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Eze 32:14.

 

Lamentation over Pharaoh (Ezek. 32:1–16)

This section and the one following it could be considered as one prophecy with two different divisions. The first is a lamentation while the second is a funeral dirge.

Ezekiel once more pictures Pharaoh as a dragon whose feet trouble the waters and make the rivers foul. He will be dug out and thrown on the ground. His blood will drench the land and there will be a cataclysmic shock upon nature. Babylon is again specified as the instrument of punishment and spoken of as the most terrible among the nations.

Thoughts expressed in previous prophecies are reiterated and some new details are added. Both the poetical and prose sections make it clear Egypt will be stripped of her pride. When the land is completely purified the people will recognize the Lord. Ezekiel instructs the daughters of the nations to sing this lamentation concerning Egypt and her inhabitants.

  

Fred M. Wood, “Ezekiel,” in The Teacher’s Bible Commentary (ed. H. Franklin Paschall and Herschel H. Hobbs; Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1972), 513.

Lava flowing into ocean water.

the myth retelling Typhon's murder and dismemberment of his brother Osiris.. For alchemists, the myth of Isis and Osiris was a myth of the alchemical process. One of this myths relates him vanquishing Typhon, the dragon of ignorance ...

Set (Seth, Setekh, Sut, Sutekh, Suty) was one of ancient Egypt’s earliest gods, a god of chaos, confusion, storms, wind, the desert and foreign lands. In the Osiris legends, he was a contender to the throne of Osiris and rival to Horus, but a companion to the sun god Ra. Originally worshiped and seen as an ambivalent being, during the Third Intermediate Period the people vilified him and turned him into a god of evil.

Depicted as a man with the head of a ‘Sut animal’ (or a ‘Typhonian animal’ because of the Greek identification with Typhon), or as a full ‘Set animal’ the god is unrecognizable as any one particular animal today. He was also identified with other animals, such as the hippopotamus, the pig and the donkey, which were often abhorred by the Egyptians. These animals were sacred to him. Set’s followers took the form of these animals, as well as crocodiles, scorpions, turtles and other ‘evil’ or dangerous creatures. Some fish were sacred to Set, too – the Nile carp, the Oxyrynchus or the Phagrus fish – because they were thought to have eaten the phallus of Osiris after Set chopped him to pieces.

The ‘Set animal’ has long, squared ears and a long, down-turned snout, a canine-like body with an erect forked tail. He may have been a composite animal that was part aardvark (the aardvark that the ancient Egyptians would have seen was the nocturnal Orycteropus aethiopicus which was between 1.2-1.8 meters long and almost 1 meter tall, and was generally a reddish color because of the thin hair, allowing the skin to show through), part canine (perhaps the salawa, a desert dwelling creature) or even a camel or an okapi. The sign for his name, from the Middle Kingdom hieratic onwards, tended to replace the sign for ‘donkey’ and ‘giraffe’, so he was possibly linked to the giraffe, as well.

He was also believed to have white skin and red hair, with the Egyptians comparing his hair to the pelt of a donkey. Due to his association with red, red animals and even people with red hair were thought to be his followers. These animals were sometimes sacrificed, while the link between Set and red-heads – usually foreigners – gave him godhood over foreign lands. With the relationship to foreign peoples, Set was also a god of overseas trade of oils, wood and metals from over the sea and through desert routes. He was given lordship over western Asia because of this.

As Set was a god of the desert and probably symbolized the destructive heat of the afternoon sun, and thus was thought to be infertile. The hieroglyph for Set was used in words such as ‘turmoil’, ‘confusion’, ‘illness’, ‘storm’ and ‘rage’. Strange events such as eclipses, thunderstorms and earthquakes were all attributed to him.

Horus has seized Set, he has put him beneath you so that he can lift you up. He will groan beneath you as an earthquake…

– Pyramid Texts, Spell 356

He was also thought to have rather odd sexual habits, another reason why the Egyptian believed that abnormalities were linked to Set. In a land where fatherhood makes the man, Set’s lack of children, related to the tale where Horus tore off his testicles (while Set tore out Horus’ eye) would have been one reason why he was looked down on. His favorite – some say only – food was the lettuce (which secreted a white, milky substance that the Egyptians linked to semen and was sacred to the fertility god Min), but even with this aphrodisiac, he was still thought to have been infertile.His bisexuality (he was married and given concubines to appease him, yet he also assaulted Horus sexually starting with the come-on line “How lovely your backside is!”) and his pursuit of Isis were reasons why Set could never have been a ruler of Egypt instead of Osiris, despite originally being a lord of Upper Egypt.When Set saw Isis there, he transformed himself into a bull to be able to pursue her, but she made herself unrecognizable by taking the form of a bitch with a knife on her tail. Then she began to run away from him and Set was unable to catch up with her. Then he ejaculated on the ground, and she said, “It’s disgusting to have ejaculated, you bull!” But his sperm grew in the desert and became the plants called bedded-kau.

– Jumilhac PapyrusIn the Old and Middle Kingdoms there are depictions of these two gods together either leading the prisoners of the pharaoh or binding the plants of Upper and Lower Egypt together (as does the twin Hapi gods) to symbolize the union of Upper and Lower Egypt. He was regarded as an equal to the hawk god. This was Horus the Elder, a god of the day sky while Set was seen as a god of the night sky. When these two gods were linked, the two were said to be Horus-Set, a man with two heads – one of the hawk of Horus, the other of the Set animal.“Homage to thee, O divine Ladder! Homage to thee O Ladder of Set! Stand thou upright, O divine Ladder! Stand thou upright, O Ladder of Set! Stand thou upright, O Ladder of Horus, whereby Osiris came forth into heaven.”

– Pyramid Texts, Pepi I

In the Pyramid Texts he was believed to be a friend to the dead, and he helped Osiris ascend to heaven on a ladder. On one of Seti I’s reliefs, it shows Set and Horus offering the symbol of life to the pharaoh, with Set saying “I establish the crown upon thy head, even like the Disk on the head of Amen-Ra, and I will give thee all life, strength and health.” Thothmose III had a scene showing Set teaching him the use of the bow, while Horus taught him yet another weapon.

As for his role as a friend of the dead, it was believed that “Horus purifies and Set strengthens, and Set purifies and Horus strengthens” the deceased while the backbone of the deceased becomes the backbone of Set and Set has “joined together my neck and my back strongly, and they are even as they were in the time that is past; may nothing happen to break them apart.”Ramesses II, as did his father Seti I, both had red hair and so aligned themselves with the god of chaos. Both were famous warrior pharaohs, using Set’s violent nature to help with their war efforts. In Ramesses II’s campaign against the Hittites, he split his army into four divisions and named them after four gods. One was for Amen, one for Ra, one for Ptah and one for Set. But it was the pharaoh himself who won the battle:Thereupon the forces of the Foe from Khatti surrounded the followers of his majesty who were by his side. When his majesty caught sight of them he rose quickly, enraged at them like his father Mont. Taking up weapons and donning his armor he was like Set in the moment of his power. He mounted ‘Victory-in-Thebes,’ his great horse, and started out quickly alone by himself. His majesty was mighty, his heart stout. one could not stand before him.All his ground was ablaze with fire; he burned all the countries with his blast. His eyes were savage as he beheld them; his power flared like fire against them. He heeded not the foreign multitude; he regarded them as chaff. His majesty charged into the force of the Foe from Khatti and the many countries with him. His majesty was like Seth, great-of-strength, like Sekhmet in the moment of her rage. His majesty slew the entire force of the Foe from Khatti, together with his great chiefs and all his brothers, as well as all the chiefs of all the countries that had come with him, their infantry and their charioteers falling on their faces one upon the other. His majesty slaughtered them in their places; they sprawled before his horses; and his majesty was alone, none other with him.It is likely that the cult of Horus overtook the cult of Set in ancient times, and started to remove his positive sides to give the god Horus more status. The two gods, Horus the Elder and Horus the son of Osiris and Isis were confused, so Set changed from being an equal to his brother, Horus the Elder, to the enemy of Isis’s son. It was only after the Hyksos took Set as their main god, after the Egyptians god rid of the foreigners, he stopped symbolizing Lower Egypt and his name was erased and his statues destroyed.

Set has been worshiped since predynastic times. The first representation of Set that has been found was on a carved ivory comb, an Amratian artifact. He was also shown on the Scorpion macehead. He was worshiped and placated through Egyptian history until the Third Intermediate Period where he was seen as an evil and undesirable force. From this time on, some of his statues were re-carved to become the statues of other gods, and it was said that he had actually been defeated by the god Horus.In the original tale of the fight between Set and Horus, the Egyptians believed that the two would continue their battle until the end of time itself, when chaos overran ma’at and the waters of Nun would swallow up the world. It was only when Set was vilified that this changed, and the Egyptians began to believe that Horus won the battle, defeating Set as a version of good triumphing over evil.

In the tale of Osiris, Set was the third of the five children of Nut, thought to have been born in the Nubt (Naqada) area. Instead of being born in the normal manner, as his siblings were born, he tore himself violently from his mother’s womb.

You whom the pregnant goddess brought forth when you clove the night in twain -You are invested with the form of Set, who broke out in violence.Jealous of his older brother Osiris – either because of the birth of his sister-wife’s son, Anubis, or because of Osiris’ rulership of Egypt – Set made a plan to murder his childless brother and take the throne. He made a great feast, supposedly in honor of Osiris, and with 72 accomplices ready, he tricked Osiris into laying down in a coffer – whoever fitted into the richly ornamented chest would win it – and considering that he’d measured it to fit his brother exactly, Osiris fit perfectly… and Set’s accomplices nailed down the lid and threw it into the Nile.When Isis found out about this, she went on a search through the world to find her husband. Bringing him back, Set happened on the coffer, and tore it open and cut up his brother’s corpse, spreading body parts through the land of Egypt. Isis and Set’s wife Nephthys (who had left him to join her sister) went on a quest to restore Osiris. They succeeded enough so that Isis conceived Osiris’ son and eventually bore the child Horus in the Delta region where he grew up.

By this time Horus had reached manhood … Horus thereupon did battle with Set, the victory falling now to one, now to the other … Horus and Set, it is said, still do battle with one another, yet victory has fallen to neither.Yet Set was thought to be a follower of Ra. It was he who defended the Solar Barque each night as it traveled through the underworld, the only Egyptian deity who could kill the serpent Apep – Ra’s most dangerous enemy – each night as it threatened to swallow the Barque.Then Set, the strong one, the son of Nut, said “As for me, I am Set, the strongest of the Divine Company. Every day I slay the enemy of Ra when I stand at the helm of the Barque of Millions of Years, which no other god dare do.”Even here, though, Set was thought to be a braggart, taunting Ra and threatening that if he wasn’t treated well, that he would bring storms and thunder against the sun god. At this point in The Book of the Dead, Ra drives Set away from the Barque for his insolence, and proceeds on course without the god of storms.Other than Nephthys, Set had other wives/concubines. He was believed to live in the northern sky by the constellation of the Great Bear. To the Egyptians, the north symbolized darkness, cold and death. It was there that his wife Taweret, the hippo goddess of childbirth, was believed to keep him chained. He seemed to have bad luck with women – as with Nephthys, Taweret followed Osiris.At one part in the tale of Set’s argument with Horus over rulership, the company of the gods asked the goddess Neith, rather than Ra – who sided with Set – who should be given the throne of Osiris. Her reply was this:“Give the office of Osiris to his son Horus! Do not go on committing these great wrongs, which are not in place, or I will get angry and the sky will topple to the ground. But also tell the Lord of All, the Bull who lives in Heliopolis, to double Set’s property. Give him Anat and Astarte, your two daughters, and put Horus in the place of his father.”– Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt, RT Rundle ClarkSo he was given the two foreign goddesses Anat and Astarte, both war goddesses from the Syria-Palestine area and daughters of Ra. The two were often interchangeable, yet they had their own distinct cults. Anat and Taweret, though they were fertility goddesses, never bore Set any children.Despite his wicked side, Set was still a god of Egypt, and worshiped – and feared – as such. His image changed through time, due to politics, yet he was still a powerful god, the only one who could slay Ra’s worst enemy. To the Egyptians he was the god who ‘ate’ the moon each month – the black boar who swallowed its light – and the god who created earthquakes and heavy, thunderous rain storms. He was a friend of the dead, helping them to ascend to heaven on his ladder, and the crowner of pharaohs and leader of warriors.Despite his bad reputation, he was still a divine being – an equal of Horus, no less – who could be invoked by his followers or warded off by those who were afraid of him. Yet without chaos and confusion there would be no order; without the heavy, thunderous storms there would be no good weather; without the desert and foreign lands there would be no Egypt. Set was a counterbalance to the ‘good’ side of the Egyptian universe, helping to keep everything in balance.

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Typhon (/ˈtaɪfɒn, -fən/; Greek: Τυφῶν, Tuphōn [typʰɔ̂ːn]), also Typhoeus (/taɪˈfiːəs/; Τυφωεύς, Tuphōeus), Typhaon (Τυφάων, Tuphaōn) or Typhos (Τυφώς, Tuphōs), was a monstrous giant and the most deadly being of Greek mythology. Typhon was the last son of Gaia, and was fathered by Tartarus. Typhon and his mate Echidna were the progenitors of many famous monsters.Typhon was the son of Gaia (Earth) and Tartarus: "when Zeus had driven the Titans from heaven, huge Earth bore her youngest child Typhoeus of the love of Tartarus, by the aid of golden Aphrodite".[1] The mythographer Apollodorus (1st or 2nd century AD) adds that Gaia bore Typhon in anger at the gods for their destruction of her offspring the Giants.Numerous other sources mention Typhon as being the offspring of Gaia, or simply "earth-born", with no mention of Tartarus.However, according to the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (6th century BC), Typhon was the child of Hera alone. Hera, angry at Zeus for having given birth to Athena by himself, prayed to Gaia to give her a son as strong as Zeus, then slapped the ground and became pregnant. Hera gave the infant Typhon to the serpent Python to raise, and Typhon grew up to become a great bane to mortals.

Depiction by Wenceslas Hollar

Several sources locate Typhon's birth and dwelling place in Cilicia, and in particular the region in the vicinity of the ancient Cilician coastal city of Corycus (modern Kızkalesi, Turkey). The poet Pindar (c. 470 BC) calls Typhon '"Cilician",and says that Typhon was born in Cilicia and nurtured in "the famous Cilician cave",[7] an apparent allusion to the Corycian cave.[8] In Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, Typhon is called the "dweller of the Cilician caves",[9] and both Apollodorus and the poet Nonnus (4th or 5th century AD) have Typhon born in Cilicia.The b scholia to Iliad 2.783, preserving a possible Orphic tradition, has Typhon born in Cilicia, as the offspring of Cronus. Gaia, angry at the destruction of the Giants, slanders Zeus to Hera. So Hera goes to Zeus' father Cronus (whom Zeus had overthrown) and Cronus gives Hera two eggs smeared with his own semen, telling her to bury them, and that from them would be born one who would overthrow Zeus. Hera, angry at Zeus, buries the eggs in Cilicia "under Arimon", but when Typhon is born, Hera, now reconciled with Zeus, informs him.

According to Hesiod, Typhon was "terrible, outrageous and lawless", and on his shoulders were one hundred snake heads, that emitted fire and every kind of noise:

Strength was with his hands in all that he did and the feet of the strong god were untiring. From his shoulders grew a hundred heads of a snake, a fearful dragon, with dark, flickering tongues, and from under the brows of his eyes in his marvellous heads flashed fire, and fire burned from his heads as he glared. And there were voices in all his dreadful heads which uttered every kind of sound unspeakable; for at one time they made sounds such that the gods understood, but at another, the noise of a bull bellowing aloud in proud ungovernable fury; and at another, the sound of a lion, relentless of heart; and at another, sounds like whelps, wonderful to hear; and again, at another, he would hiss, so that the high mountains re-echoed.The Homeric Hymn to Apollo describes Typhon as "fell" and "cruel", and neither like gods nor men. Three of Pindar's poems have Typhon as hundred-headed (as in Hesiod),while apparently a fourth gives him only fifty heads, but a hundred heads for Typhon became standard. A Chalcidian hydria (c. 540–530 BC), depicts Typhon as a winged humanoid from the waist up, with two snake tails below. Aeschylus calls Typhon "fire-breathing". For Nicander (2nd century BC), Typhon was a monster of enormous strength, and strange appearance, with many heads, hands, and wings, and with huge snake coils coming from his thighs.

Apollodorus describes Typhon as a huge winged monster, whose head "brushed the stars", human in form above the waist, with snake coils below, and fire flashing from his eyes:

In size and strength he surpassed all the offspring of Earth. As far as the thighs he was of human shape and of such prodigious bulk that he out-topped all the mountains, and his head often brushed the stars. One of his hands reached out to the west and the other to the east, and from them projected a hundred dragons' heads. From the thighs downward he had huge coils of vipers, which when drawn out, reached to his very head and emitted a loud hissing. His body was all winged: unkempt hair streamed on the wind from his head and cheeks; and fire flashed from his eyes.

The most elaborate description of Typhon is found in Nonnus's Dionysiaca. Nonnus makes numerous references to Typhon's sepentine nature, giving him a "tangled army of snakes", snaky feet, and hair.According to Nonnus, Typhon was a "poison-spitting viper",whose "every hair belched viper-poison",and Typhon "spat out showers of poison from his throat; the mountain torrents were swollen, as the monster showered fountains from the viperish bristles of his high head",and "the water-snakes of the monster's viperish feet crawl into the caverns underground, spitting poison!".

Following Hesiod and others, Nonnus gives Typhon many heads (though untotaled), but in addition to snake heads,Nonnus also gives Typhon many other animal heads, including leopards, lions, bulls, boars, bears, cattle, wolves, and dogs, which combine to make 'the cries of all wild beasts together',and a "babel of screaming sounds".Nonnus also gives Typhon "legions of arms innumerable", and where Nicander had only said that Typhon had "many" hands, and Ovid had given Typhon a hundred hands, Nonnus gives Typhon two hundred.According to Hesiod's Theogony, Typhon "was joined in love" to Echidna, a monstrous half-woman and half-snake, who bore Typhon "fierce offspring". First, according to Hesiod, there was Orthrus, the two-headed dog who guarded the Cattle of Geryon, second Cerberus,[36] the multiheaded dog who guarded the gates of Hades, and third the Lernaean Hydra,[37] the many-headed serpent who, when one of its heads was cut off, grew two more. The Theogony next mentions an ambiguous "she", which might refer to Echidna, as the mother of the Chimera (a fire-breathing beast that was part lion, part goat, and had a snake-headed tail) with Typhon then being the father.

While mentioning Cerberus and "other monsters" as being the offspring of Echidna and Typhon, the mythographer Acusilaus (6th century BC) adds the Caucasian Eagle that ate the liver of Prometheus,[39] the mythographer Pherecydes of Leros (5th century BC), also names Prometheus' eagle,[40] and adds Ladon (though Pherecydes does not use this name), the dragon that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides (according to Hesiod, the offspring of Ceto and Phorcys).[41] while the lyric poet Lasus of Hermione (6th century BC), adds the Sphinx.Later authors mostly retain these offspring of Typhon by Echidna, while adding others. Apollodorus, in addition to naming as their offspring Orthrus, the Chimera (citing Hesiod as his source) the Caucasian Eagle, Ladon, and the Sphinx, also adds the Nemean lion (no mother is given), and the Crommyonian Sow, killed by the hero Theseus (unmentioned by Hesiod).Hyginus (1st century BC),[44] in his list of offspring of Typhon (all by Echidna), retains from the above: Cerberus, the Chimera, the Sphinx, the Hydra and Ladon, and adds "Gorgon" (by which Hyginus means the mother of Medusa, whereas Hesiod's three Gorgons, of which Medusa was one, were the daughters of Ceto and Phorcys), the Colchian Dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece and Scylla.The Harpies, in Hesiod the daughters of Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra, in one source, are said to be the daughters of Typhon.The sea serpents which attacked the Trojan priest Laocoön, during the Trojan War, were perhaps supposed to be the progeny of Typhon and Echidna.According to Hesiod, the defeated Typhon is the source of destructive storm winds.Battle with Zeus

Typhon challenged Zeus for rule of the cosmos.The earliest mention of Typhon, and his only occurrence in Homer, is a passing reference in the Iliad to Zeus striking the ground around where Typhon lies defeated.Hesiod's Theogony gives us the first account of their battle. According to Hesiod, without the quick action of Zeus, Typhon would have "come to reign over mortals and immortals".In the Theogony Zeus and Typhon meet in cataclysmic conflict:[Zeus] thundered hard and mightily: and the earth around resounded terribly and the wide heaven above, and the sea and Ocean's streams and the nether parts of the earth. Great Olympus reeled beneath the divine feet of the king as he arose and earth groaned thereat. And through the two of them heat took hold on the dark-blue sea, through the thunder and lightning, and through the fire from the monster, and the scorching winds and blazing thunderbolt. The whole earth seethed, and sky and sea: and the long waves raged along the beaches round and about at the rush of the deathless gods: and there arose an endless shaking. Hades trembled where he rules over the dead below, and the Titans under Tartarus who live with Cronos, because of the unending clamor and the fearful strife.Zeus with his thunderbolt easily overcomes Typhon,who is thrown down to earth in a fiery crash:So when Zeus had raised up his might and seized his arms, thunder and lightning and lurid thunderbolt, he leaped from Olympus and struck him, and burned all the marvellous heads of the monster about him. But when Zeus had conquered him and lashed him with strokes, Typhoeus was hurled down, a maimed wreck, so that the huge earth groaned. And flame shot forth from the thunderstricken lord in the dim rugged glens of the mount, when he was smitten. A great part of huge earth was scorched by the terrible vapor and melted as tin melts when heated by men's art in channelled crucibles; or as iron, which is hardest of all things, is shortened by glowing fire in mountain glens and melts in the divine earth through the strength of Hephaestus. Even so, then, the earth melted in the glow of the blazing fire.Defeated, Typhon is cast into Tartarus by an angry Zeus.Epimenides (7th or 6th century BC) seeminly knew a different version of the story, in which Typhon enters Zeus' palace while Zeus is asleep, but Zeus awakes and kills Typhon with a thunderbolt.[58] Pindar calls Typhon the "enemy of the gods",[59] apparently knew of a tradition which had the gods transform into animals and flee to Egypt, says that Typhon was defeated by Zeus' thunderbolt,has Typhon being held prisoner by Zeus under Etna,and in Tartarus stretched out under ground between Mount Etna and Cumae. However, the historian Herodotus (5th century BC), equating Typhon with the Egyptian god Set, reports that Typhon was supposed to be buried instead under Lake Serbonis in Egypt, near the Egyptian Mount Kasios, (modern Ra Kouroun).According to Pherecydes of Leros, during his battle with Zeus, Typhon first flees to the Caucasus, which begins to burn, then to the volcanic island of Pithecussae (modern Ischia), off the coast of Cumae, where he is buried under the island.Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century BC), like Pherecydes, presents a multi-stage battle, with Typhon being struck by Zeus' thunderbolt on mount Caucasus, before fleeing to the mountains and plain of Nysa, and ending up, as in Herodotus, buried under Lake Serbonis.Like Pindar, Nicander has all the gods but Zeus and Athena, transform into animal forms and flee to Egypt: Apollo became a hawk, Hermes an ibis, Ares a fish, Artemis a cat, Dionysus a goat, Heracles a fawn, Hephaestus an ox, and Leto a mouse.[The geographer Strabo (c. 20 AD) gives several locations which were associated with the battle. According to Strabo, Typhon was said to have cut the serpentine channel of the Orontes River, which flowed beneath the Syrian Mount Kasios (modern Jebel Aqra), while fleeing from Zeus,[68] and some placed the battle at Catacecaumene ("Burnt Land"),[69] a volcanic plain, on the upper Gediz River, between the ancient kingdoms of Lydia, Mysia and Phrygia, near Mount Tmolus (modern Bozdağ) and Sardis the ancient capital of Lydia.No early source gives any reason for the conflict, but Apollodorus' account[71] seemingly implies that Typhon had been produced by Gaia to avenge the destruction, by Zeus and the other gods, of the Giants, a previous generation of offspring of Gaia. According to Apollodorus "Zeus pelted Typhon at a distance with thunderbolts, and at close quarters struck him down with an adamantine sickle" Wounded, Typhon fled to the Syrian Mount Kasios, where Zeus "grappled" with him. But Typhon, twining his snaky coils around Zeus, was able to wrest away the sickle and cut the sinews from Zeus' hands and feet. Typhon carried the disabled Zeus across the sea to the Corycian cave in Cilicia where he set the she-serpent Delphyne to guard over Zeus and his severed sinews, which Typhon had hidden in a bear skin. But Hermes and Aegipan (possibly another name for Pan)[73] stole the sinews and gave them back to Zeus. His strength restored, Zeus chased Typhon to mount Nysa, where the Moirai tricked Typhon into eating "ephemeral fruits" which weakened him. Typhon then fled to Thrace, where he threw mountains at Zeus, which were turned back on him by Zeus' thunderbolts, and the mountain where Typhon stood, being drenched with Typhon's blood, became known as Mount Haemus (Bloody Mountain). Typhon then fled to Sicily, where Zeus threw Mount Etna on top of Typhon burying him, and so finally defeated him.Oppian (2nd century AD) says that Pan helped Zeus in the battle by tricking Typhon to come out from his lair, and into the open, by the "promise of a banquet of fish", thus enabling Zeus to defeat Typhon with his thunderbolts.The longest and most involved account of the battle appears in Nonnus's Dionysiaca.Zeus hides his thunderbolts in a cave, so that he might seduce the maiden Plouto, and so produce Tantalus. But smoke rising from the thunderbolts, enables Typhon, under the guidance of Gaia, to locate Zeus's weapons, steal them, and hide them in another cave.[76] Immediately Typhon extends "his clambering hands into the upper air" and begins a long and concerted attack upon the heavens.Then "leaving the air" he turns his attack upon the seas. Finally Typhon attempts to wield Zeus' thunderbolts, but they "felt the hands of a novice, and all their manly blaze was unmanned."Now Zeus' sinews had somehow – Nonnus does not say how or when — fallen to the ground during their battle, and Typhon had taken them also. But Zeus devises a plan with Cadmus and Pan to beguile Typhon.Cadmus, desguised as a shepherd, enchants Typhon by playing the panpipes, and Typhon entrusting the thuderbolts to Gaia, sets out to find the source of the music he hears.[82] Finding Cadmus, he challenges him to a contest, offering Cadmus any goddess as wife, excepting Hera whom Typhon has reserved for himself.Cadmus then tells Typhon that, if he liked the "little tune" of his pipes, then he would love the music of his lyre – if only it could be strung with Zeus' sinews. So Typhon retrieves the sinews and gives them to Cadmus, who hides them in another cave, and again begins to play his bewiching pipes, so that "Typhoeus yielded his whole soul to Cadmos for the melody to charm".With Typhon distracted, Zeus takes back his thunderbolts. Cadmus stops playing, and Typhon, released from his spell, rushes back to his cave to discover the thunderbolts gone. Incensed Typhon unleashes devastation upon the world: animals are devoured, (Typhon's many animal heads each eat animals of its own kind), rivers turned to dust, seas made dry land, and the land "laid waist".The day ends with Typhon yet unchallenged, and while the other gods "moved about the cloudless Nile", Zeus waits through the night for the coming dawn.[87] Victory "reproaches" Zeus, urging him to "stand up as champion of your own children!"Dawn comes and Typhon roars out a challenge to Zeus.And a catyclismic battle for "the sceptre and throne of Zeus" is joined. Typhon piles up mountains as battlements and with his "legions of arms innumerable", showers volley after volley of trees and rocks at Zeus, but all are destroyed, or blown aside, or dodged, or thrown back at Typhon. Typhon throws torrents of water at Zeus' thunderbolts to quench them, but Zeus is able to cut off some of Typhon's hands with "frozen volleys of air as by a knife", and hurling thunderbolts is able to burn more of typhon's "endless hands", and cut off some of his "countless heads". Typhon is attacked by the four winds, and "frozen volleys of jagged hailstones." Gaia tries to aid her burnt and frozen son.Finally Typhon falls, and Zeus shouts out a long stream of mocking taunts, telling Typhon that he is to be buried under Sicily's hills, with a cenotaph over him which will read "This is the barrow of Typhoeus, son of Earth, who once lashed the sky with stones, and the fire of heaven burnt him up".

Burial under Etna and Ischia]

Most accounts have the defeated Typhon buried under either Mount Etna in Sicily, or the volcanic island of Ischia, the largest of the Phlegraean Islands off the coast of Naples, with Typhon being the cause of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.Though Hesiod has Typhon simply cast into Tartarus by Zeus, some have read a reference to Mount Etna in Hesiod's description of Typhon's fall:And flame shot forth from the thunderstricken lord in the dim rugged glens of the mount when he was smitten. A great part of huge earth was scorched by the terrible vapor and melted as tin melts when heated by men's art in channelled crucibles; or as iron, which is hardest of all things, is shortened by glowing fire in mountain glens and melts in the divine earth through the strength of Hephaestus. Even so, then, the earth melted in the glow of the blazing fire.The first certain references to Typhon buried under Etna, as well as being the cause of its eruptions, occur in Pindar:Son of Cronus, you who hold Aetna, the wind-swept weight on terrible hundred-headed Typhon,and: among them is he who lies in dread Tartarus, that enemy of the gods, Typhon with his hundred heads. Once the famous Cilician cave nurtured him, but now the sea-girt cliffs above Cumae, and Sicily too, lie heavy on his shaggy chest. And the pillar of the sky holds him down, snow-covered Aetna, year-round nurse of bitter frost, from whose inmost caves belch forth the purest streams of unapproachable fire. In the daytime her rivers roll out a fiery flood of smoke, while in the darkness of night the crimson flame hurls rocks down to the deep plain of the sea with a crashing roar. That monster shoots up the most terrible jets of fire; it is a marvellous wonder to see, and a marvel even to hear about when men are present. Such a creature is bound beneath the dark and leafy heights of Aetna and beneath the plain, and his bed scratches and goads the whole length of his back stretched out against it.Thus Pindar has Typhon in Tartarus, and buried under not just Etna, but under a vast volcanic region stretching from Sicily to Cumae (in the vicinity of modern Naples), a region which presumably also included Mount Vesuvius, as well as Ischia.Many subsequent accounts mention either Etnaor Ischia. In Prometheus Bound, Typhon is imprisoned underneath Etna, while above him Hephaestus "hammers the molten ore", and in his rage, the "charred" Typhon causes "rivers of fire" to pour forth. Ovid has Typhon buried under all of Sicily, with his left and right hands under Pelorus and Pachynus, his feet under Lilybaeus, and his head under Etna; where he "vomits flames from his ferocious mouth". And Valerius Flaccus has Typhon's head under Etna, and all of Sicily shaken when Typhon "struggles". Lycophron has both Typhon and Giants buried under the island of Ischia. Virgil, Silius Italicus and Claudian, all calling the island "Inarime", have Typhon buried there. Strabo, calling Ischia "Pithecussae", reports the "myth" that Typhon lay buried there, and that when he "turns his body the flames and the waters, and sometimes even small islands containing boiling water, spout forth."Others said to be buried under Etna were the Giant Enceladus, the volcano's eruptions being the breath of Enceladus, and its tremors caused by the Giant rolling over from side to side beneath the mountain,and the Hundred-hander Briareus."Couch of Typhoeus" Homer describes a place he calls the "couch [or bed] of Typhoeus", which he locates in the land of the Arimoi (εἰν Ἀρίμοις), where Zeus lashes the land about Typhoeus with his thunderbolts. Presumably this is the same land where, according to Hesiod, Typhon's mate Echida keeps guard "in Arima" (εἰν Ἀρίμοισιν).But neither Homer nor Hesiod say anything more about where these Arimoi or this Arima might be. The question of whether an historical place was meant, and its possible location, has been, since ancient times, the subject of speculation and debate.Strabo discusses the question in some detail.[everal locales, Cilicia, Syria, Lydia, and the island of Ischia, all places associated with Typhon, are given by Strabo as possible locations for Homer's "Arimoi".

Pindar has his Cilician Typhon slain by Zeus "among the Arimoi",[106] and the historian Callisthenes (4th century BC), located the Arimoi and the Arima mountains in Cilicia, near the Calycadnus river, the Corycian cave and the Sarpedon promomtory.[107] The b scholia to Iliad 2.783, mentioned above, says Typhon was born in Cilicia "under Arimon",[108] and Nonnus mentions Typhon's "bloodstained cave of Arima" in Cilicia.Just across the Gulf of Issus from Corycus, in ancient Syria, was Mount Kasios (modern Jebel Aqra) and the Orontes River, sites associated with Typhon's battle with Zeus,[110] and according to Strabo, the historian Posidonius (c. 2nd century BC) identified the Arimoi with the Aramaeans of Syria.[Alternatively, according to Strabo, some placed the Arimoi at Catacecaumene,[112] while Xanthus of Lydia (5th century BC) added that "a certain Arimus" ruled there.Strabo also tells us that for "some" Homer's "couch of Typhon" was located "in a wooded place, in the fertile land of Hyde", with Hyde being another name for Sardis (or its acropolis), and that Demetrius of Scepsis (2nd century BC) thought that the Arimoi were most plausibly located "in the Catacecaumene country in Mysia".[114] The 3rd-century BC poet Lycophron placed the lair of Typhons' mate Echidna in this region.[115]

Another place, mentioned by Strabo, as being associated with Arima, is the island of Ischia, where according to Pherecydes of Leros, Typhon had fled, and in the area where Pindar and others had said Typhon was buried. The connection to Arima, comes from the island's Greek name Pithecussae, which derives from the Greek word for monkey, and according to Strabo, residents of the island said that "arimoi" was also the Etruscan word for monkeys.[116]

Etymology and origins Typhon's name has a number of variants.[117] The earliest forms of Typhoeus and Typhaon, occur prior to the 5th century BC. Homer uses Typhoeus, Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn to Apollo use both Typhoeus and Typhaon. The later forms Typhos and Typhon occur from the 5th century BC onwards, with Typhon becoming the standard form by the end of that century. Though several possible derivations of the name Typhon have been suggested, the derivation remains uncertain.[118] Consistent with Hesiod's making storm winds Typhon's offspring, some have supposed that Typhon was originally a wind-god, and ancient sources associated him with the Greek words tuphon, tuphos meaning "whirlwind".Other theories include derivation from a Greek root meaning "smoke" (consistent with Typhon's identification with volcanoes),from an Indo European root meaning "abyss" (making Typhon a "Serpent of the Deep"),and from Sapõn the Phoenician name for the Ugaritic god Baal's holy mountain Jebel Aqra (the classical Mount Kasios) associated with the epithet Baʿal Zaphon.

As noted by Herodotus, Typhon was traditionally identified with the Egyptian Set, who was also known to the Greeks as Typhon. As early as pre-dynastic Egypt, Set's mascot or emblem was the Set animal; the Greeks and later classicists referred to this unidentified aardvark-like creature as the Typhonic beast. In the Orphic tradition, just as Set is responsible for the murder of Osiris, Typhon leads the Titans when they attack and kill Dionysus, who also became identified with the earlier Osiris.Mythologist Joseph Campbell also makes parallels to the slaying of Leviathan by YHWH, about which YHWH boasts to Job.[123] Ogden calls the Typhon myth "the only Graeco-Roman drakōn-slaying myth that can seriously be argued to exhibit the influence of Near Eastern antecedents", connecting it in particular with Baʿal Zaphon's slaying of Yammu and Lotan, as well as with the Hittite myth of Illuyankas.From its first reappearance, this latter myth has been seen as a prototype of the battle of Zeus and Typhon.Walter Burkert and Calvert Watkins each note the close agreements.Comparisons can also be drawn with the Mesopotamian monster Tiamat and her slaying by Babylonian chief god Marduk. The similarities between the Greek myth and its earlier Mesopotamian counterpart do not seem to be merely accidental. A number of west Semitic (Ras Shamra) and Hittite sources appear to corroborate the theory of a genetic relationship between the two myths.In works of culture. Dante Alighieri's Inferno mentions him amongst the Biblical and mythological giants frozen onto the rings outside of Hell's Circle of Treachery. Dante and Virgil threatened to go to Tityos and Typhon unless Antaeus lowers them into the Circle of Treachery. Typhon (as Typhoeus) appears in Gustav Klimt's 1902 Beethoven Frieze as one of "the Hostile Forces".

Typhon is a recurring character in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, where he is a friend and ally to Hercules, and a calming influence on Echidna and their children. Typhon appears in the 2007 video game, God of War II where the main character Kratos tries to enlist his aid. The Titan refuses and Kratos blinds Typhon and takes his magical bow, Typhon's Bane.Swedish symphonic metal band Therion dedicated a song to Typhon in their year 2004 album Lemuria.

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Abell 35 (Sh2-313) is a planetary nebula located at a distance of about 520 light years from the solar system in the Constellation Hydra. At its center is a cataclysmic variable known as LW Hydrae, which is a binary star composed of a white dwarf, responsible for the creation of the planetary nebula, and a white-yellow main sequence dwarf of spectral class G, separated by only about 13 AU . [1]

 

Because of a number of extraordinary features, Abell 35 has represented a challenge to theories of binary star evolution [with numerous papers with various descriptions in the literature].

 

This 26.0hr image with RGBHO filters was processed as RGB and natural color HOO combined with RGB stars using PixInsight and PS CS6. The data was collected by DeepSkyWest in Rio Hurtado, Chile in April-June 2022

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Filters used were FLI 8mm: R: 29x600s, G: 24x600s, B: 19x600s: H:18x1800s and O:10x1800s.

 

[1] Gatti, AA; et a., The separation of the stars in the binary nucleus of the planetary nebula Abell 35 , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 301, n. 2, December 1998, pp. L33-L37. Retrieved 2009-12-29.

 

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Sunset from Brockham - 4 May 2013.

April 27, 2011

 

Perhaps, sometimes, the palette is better than the art it yields.

 

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Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument

 

Remnants of a thick layer of welded tuff eroded into interestingly strange shapes overlooking ancestral pueblo people's communities' ruins.

 

Frijole Canyon is a result of the cataclysmic last super volcanic eruption in North America creating the Jemez Mountain Caldera. The eruption that resulted in the caldera produced huge quantities of pyroclastic welded tuff given the name Bandelier Tuff. This tuff formation is about a thousand feet thick and covers nearly all the volcanic centers of the caldera today.

 

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Hundreds of thousands of years later, the original American human inhabitants built habitations inside the rock - called cavate - as well as adobe and rock dwellings and ceremonial centers in Frijole Canyon.

 

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Original film image taken in 1973 with Konica AutoreflexA w/Konica Hexanon AR lens. Digital image by Sony a7iiir with Konica Hexanon 55mm f3.5 macro lens.

Terre de deserts et de beauté où la vie parait insensée.Sensation de sentir naître notre planète ou de découvrir la renaissance de la vie après un cataclysme...Etranges impressions

Ages ago during a long-forgotten cataclysmic flood, desperate people boarded a tiny boat in a frantic effort to save themselves from Nature's fury. For what must have seemed like an endless voyage, they finally reached the safety of land as the angry waters began to recede.

Who were these intrepid souls and what was their story? Only a weathered launch remains as the reminder of an epic struggle of survival.

 

These two photos were taken by a Minolta Autocord Seikosha-MX (Chiyoko) TLR medium format film camera with it’s Chiyoko Rokkor 1:3.5 f=75mm taking lens and a 49mm Skylight(1A) filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

After three centuries tethered on terrestrial Binaar, the phantom Erbens is freed by its cataclysm. Now, he sets out to find remnants of the High Order to expand his limited knowledge.

Shreds of the colorful supernova remnant DEM L 190 seem to billow across the screen in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The delicate sheets and intricate filaments are debris from the cataclysmic death of a massive star that once lived in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. DEM L 190 – also known as LMC N49 – is the brightest supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud and lies approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Dorado.

 

This striking image was created with data from two different astronomical investigations, using one of Hubble’s retired instruments, the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). The more powerful Wide Field Camera 3 replaced WFPC2 during Hubble Servicing Mission 4 in 2009. During its operational lifetime, WFPC2 contributed to Hubble’s cutting-edge science and produced a series of stunning public outreach images. The first of the two WFPC2 investigations used DEM L 190 as a natural laboratory to study the interaction of supernova remnants and the interstellar medium, the tenuous mixture of gas and dust that lies between stars. In the second project, astronomers turned to Hubble to pinpoint the origin of a soft gamma-ray repeater, an enigmatic object lurking in DEM L 190 which repeatedly emits high-energy bursts of gamma rays.

 

This is not the first Hubble image of DEM L 190 released to the public. The mission previously published a portrait of this supernova remnant in 2003. This new image incorporates additional data and improved image processing techniques, making this spectacular celestial fireworks display even more striking.

 

Text credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Kulkarni, Y. Chu

 

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grass after freezing rain in december 2010. Moscow. Russia.

This serene spiral galaxy hides a cataclysmic past. The galaxy IC 758, shown here in today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, is situated 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

 

In this Hubble image captured in 2023, IC 758 appears peaceful, its soft blue spiral arms curving gently around its hazy barred centre. But in 1999, astronomers spotted a powerful explosion in this galaxy: the supernova SN 1999bg. SN 1999bg marked the dramatic end of a star far more massive than the Sun.

 

It’s not yet known how massive this star was before it exploded. Researchers will use these Hubble observations to measure the masses of stars in SN 1999bg’s neighbourhood, which will help them estimate the mass of the star that went supernova. The Hubble data may also reveal whether SN 1999bg’s progenitor star had a companion, which would give additional clues about the star’s life and death.

 

A supernova represents more than just the demise of a single star — it’s also a powerful force that can shape its neighbourhood. When a massive star collapses, triggering a supernova, its outer layers rebound off its shrunken core. The explosion stirs the interstellar soup of gas and dust out of which new stars form. This interstellar shakeup can scatter and heat nearby gas clouds, preventing new stars from forming, or it can compress them, creating a burst of new stars. The cast-off layers also become ingredients for new stars.

 

[Image Description: A spiral galaxy with a generally soft and slightly faint appearance. It glows most brightly around the pale yellow bar across its centre. It has two spiral arms which wrap around the centre, quickly broadening out to join a wide, faint circular halo around the galaxy. Glowing, sparkling patches in the disc show stars forming in nebulae. Behind the galaxy, distant galaxies appear as orange dots on a black background.]

 

Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick; CC BY 4.0

My reference photo at top. Trying a looser style on this painting, not sure if it's working out. Could be worse, could be better. I drew the composition by hand rather than use the projector and boy it's easy to get lost in the chaos of the bark. There's no horizon line, nothing solid to anchor to; cracks form and then disappear into solid bark again, each strip repeats but are not the same. A big part of the reason why I love doing these bark paintings so much is that element of twisting and writhing forms but they can mess with your brain. Yeah, I might just stick with the projector next time :-)

A cataclysmic cosmic collision takes center stage in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The image features the interacting galaxy pair IC 1623, which lies around 275 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). The two galaxies are in the final stages of merging, and astronomers expect a powerful inflow of gas to ignite a frenzied burst of star formation in the resulting compact starburst galaxy.

 

This interacting pair of galaxies is a familiar sight; Hubble captured IC 1623 in 2008 using two filters at optical and infrared wavelengths on the Advanced Camera for Surveys. This image incorporates data from Wide Field Camera 3, and combines observations taken in eight filters spanning infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths to reveal the finer details of IC 1623. Future observations of the galaxy pair with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope will shed more light on the processes powering extreme star formation in environments such as IC 1623.

 

Text credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Chandar

 

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The storm that came was almost unexpected, the typical blue sky of Neo Gotham began to turn a violent red and black. Lightning show down amongst the buildings, causing damage to Wayne Enterprises and several other dominant companies within the city.

 

Across the town, at Hamilton Hilll High, a young man walked passed most of the other students who had come out to observe the change in weather, Terry McGinnis looked up into the sky and felt the familiar vibrate of his phone.

 

"Terry here."

 

"Terry," A gruff voice said, "I need you here, now."

 

"Boss? I'm sort of in school still."

 

"Skip, this is important."

 

With a click on the other end, Terry looked at his phone briefly and then to the school parking lot. He ran to his car, well Wayne's car, and activated the starting cycle. The car was based on the batmobille's technology, capable to hover and even fly, Terry did a final system's read out check, and punched it into high gear.

 

Within minutes he was at Mocking Bird Lane, the only house left being Wayne Manor, Terry landed the car outside the front doors, not bothering with the garage, making his way through the house, he pet Ace on the head, through the living room, the dinning hall, the kitchen and finally into the study. He stopped as he looked at a picture of the Waynes on the wall. He shook his head slightly, and turned to the clock, pressing a button and swiveling the time to 10:47, the clock slid to the left revealing stairs cut in stone.

 

Walking down the stairs, trying not to be nervous and angry about having to skip school, he entered a large cavern, a Computer over looking an edge, the chair that sat before the computer was occupied by none other then Bruce Wayne.

 

"Whats up boss, this has to be serious."

 

"Something is wrong with the time stream."

 

"How do you know?"

 

"Because of this." Bruce pointed to the trophy area, Terry followed, everything looked in order, Jason Todd's costume, Catwoman's, Mr fre-. Freeze's gun was gone, there wasn't even a display for it. Terry looked at Bruce. "Mr Freeze's Ice gun should be there. It's not. Something is wrong."

 

"But Freeze died a few years back, remember? He practically tore Wayne-Powers apart. The gun was still in the case then."

 

"Indeed, which tells us something, time hasn't caught up with us."

 

"How, do you even know, maybe someone snuck in and stole it?"

 

Bruce stared at him. "I was researching something about Freeze earlier, when I noticed the gun missing." With a few key strokes he punched up a picture on the computer.

 

"That can't be possible.."

 

"I know."

 

The monitor revealed the following headline:

 

GOTHAM CITY DESTROYED MR. FREEZE TRIUMPHS!

 

Below the headline was a picture of Batman dead, due to an icicle along with all of the other heroes of the time. The date read as 2013.

 

"That's, what are we going to do?"

 

"Thank our lucky stars the the time stream that changed hasn't destroyed this one yet. And secondly, how do you feel about travel being added to your job desciption?"

 

"I.. well, is that even possible?"

 

"Yes."

 

"You have a working time machine?!"

 

"Yes."

 

"have you ever used it before?"

 

"Twice, once to try to stop Jason's death, and another.." he looked toward the study and shook his head. "It's not important."

 

Terry nodded. "I'll suit up."

 

"You do that. I need to make a call."

 

"To who?"

 

"Bart Allen."

 

"For what?" Terry asked as he was taking off his jacket.

 

"The Cosmic Treadmill can only be powered by the fastest man alive. And last I recall, Bart was still the Flash."

 

Terry stared at Bruce, he took the costume and went into the changing chamber. Bruce picked up the phone.

 

"I need to speak with Bart Allen please..."

 

Storyline by Jeff McElwee